The surprising reason you feel awful when you're sick - Marco A. Sotomayor

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  • Опубліковано 28 лис 2024

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  • @katchen2626
    @katchen2626 5 років тому +9784

    Shout out to my immune system, thank you for trying to keep me alive

    • @crazybrickstudios7482
      @crazybrickstudios7482 4 роки тому +234

      I have Evans syndrome, so my immune system kills itself rather than the virus usually. But ok

    • @doomwolfgaming
      @doomwolfgaming 4 роки тому +98

      @@crazybrickstudios7482 Thank your long line of ancestors that had immune systems that allowed you to exist.

    • @Biggy6Legs
      @Biggy6Legs 4 роки тому +11

      Didn't realize you were dead

    • @lemonlimelukey
      @lemonlimelukey 4 роки тому +18

      big ups macrophages and cytokines

    • @kingluigi2089
      @kingluigi2089 4 роки тому +69

      @@crazybrickstudios7482 How on Earth do you survive?

  • @sgtruru
    @sgtruru 6 років тому +6993

    When I'm sick I just think of the epic battle going on inside me.

  • @scott19087
    @scott19087 4 роки тому +1827

    The way your body does all this, without us even initiating or noticing it, is just insane

    • @KhalilEats
      @KhalilEats 3 роки тому +77

      Well there is a society in our body that wants to live aswell lol of course they’d protect their home

    • @___Zack___
      @___Zack___ 3 роки тому +8

      @@KhalilEats Bacteria buddies4life ahaha but wait what is a live "aswell" ?

    • @janetownley
      @janetownley 3 роки тому +7

      @@___Zack___ There’s a space missing after the word “as”. Otherwise, clear grammatical English.

    • @___Zack___
      @___Zack___ 3 роки тому +2

      @@janetownley Oh, I thought an "aswell" was a lifestyle, like "Atkins" or something.

    • @ziondanny7081
      @ziondanny7081 2 роки тому +4

      It's just evolution. It didn't happen overnight.

  • @greendemon905
    @greendemon905 2 роки тому +373

    When I get seriously ill, I become depressed.
    On the other hand, I frigging love the feeling I get when I get better!

    • @shrekeyes2410
      @shrekeyes2410 2 роки тому +14

      I hate it, when you come back from illness its more depressing than during it. You come back to regular life

    • @_d2082
      @_d2082 2 роки тому +41

      @@shrekeyes2410 regular life feels great compared to sick life though

    • @jmb4408
      @jmb4408 2 роки тому +14

      Same 😔 being sick is the worse feeling for me

    • @ultraslay7635
      @ultraslay7635 2 роки тому +8

      @@_d2082 yes I am feeling awful currently i hope it gets better i don't want a awful night

    • @SOMETIMESIMHOT
      @SOMETIMESIMHOT 2 роки тому +7

      Same I get really depressed then I can’t tel if I’m sick cause I’m depressed or depressed cause I’m sick

  • @crispyrolls93
    @crispyrolls93 8 років тому +2371

    So your own immune system effects you psychologically making you irritable and sad. Perhaps this is to make you steer clear of people to prevent the spread of infection?

    • @carlosmunoz7118
      @carlosmunoz7118 8 років тому +150

      duuuude

    • @jkuty2
      @jkuty2 8 років тому +188

      nice thought, mindblown

    • @marcellofesta8678
      @marcellofesta8678 8 років тому +237

      makes sense since our brains evolved to be social and cooperarative

    • @amphiumaiii7058
      @amphiumaiii7058 8 років тому +35

      But there is no evolutionary advantage to preventing others from getting sick unless they are blood relatives.

    • @crispyrolls93
      @crispyrolls93 8 років тому +142

      Amphiuma III i don't know about that. If there are more sick people, the more likely the rest are to get infected. Plus why do you say that about blood relatives. Our brains have evolved with societal cooperation in mind. Why would this way of helping others not be a thing? Not to mention evolution is simply surviving organisms passing on traits. It has nothing to do with blood relatives as such.

  • @HeatherSpoonheim
    @HeatherSpoonheim 8 років тому +3463

    Somebody PLEASE explain to my immune system that pollen and 'spring dust' are not dangerous!!

    • @jonahs92
      @jonahs92 8 років тому +330

      Anyone wanna volunteer to explain that penicillin is medicine designed to HELP?

    • @meatballgaming935
      @meatballgaming935 8 років тому +264

      could you tell mine that eggs are not evil!

    • @buttersquids
      @buttersquids 8 років тому +120

      If someone can do it, please say the same to mine!

    • @lsquad
      @lsquad 8 років тому +89

      Say to me both of those...pollen and nuts

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 8 років тому +65

      Thank to the Lord mine learned that the cold isn't an evil from remote lands brought to freeze me.

  • @Beckiea1234
    @Beckiea1234 6 років тому +1571

    My son who is 7 years old woke up today feeling unwell 🤒 so I looked up this video and tried to help him understand what was going on in his body. I didn’t realize that it was finally able to help me explain what I go through living with Lupus. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Very well thought out !!! 🙂👍🏼

    • @youllneverknowgorg
      @youllneverknowgorg 3 роки тому +43

      I hope your son is doing much better!

    • @nothing0983
      @nothing0983 2 роки тому +14

      Welp i think ur son is 10/9

    • @FHyde9977
      @FHyde9977 2 роки тому +26

      He’s lucky my parents will send me to school even if I’m on the verge of death.

    • @polite.cat.has.playlists
      @polite.cat.has.playlists 2 роки тому +4

      @@FHyde9977 ohh sht

    • @Wooargh
      @Wooargh 2 роки тому

      He wouldn't get sick if you got him vaccinated.

  • @chavin3
    @chavin3 Рік тому +43

    Im sick today and Im here to be grateful for my body. Man immune system rocks

  • @toastyastronaut9763
    @toastyastronaut9763 7 років тому +1718

    3:13 your reduced thirst makes you mildly dehydrated, diminishing the spread of diseases through sneezing, coughing, vomiting, or *diarrhea*
    *takes step back*

    • @technicalerr0r330
      @technicalerr0r330 6 років тому +41

      ToastyAstronaut that was hilarious

    • @myles208
      @myles208 6 років тому +24

      ToastyAstronaut right because everyone goes through infected diarrhoea

    • @TG_prime
      @TG_prime 5 років тому +16

      I was looking to see who would point that out😂

    • @notchu1123
      @notchu1123 5 років тому +32

      I stopped watching the video after that and started looking for this comment...now I shall resume watching in peace

    • @weeblanguage4805
      @weeblanguage4805 5 років тому +2

      ToastyAstronaut ..Dude, I drink alot of water ;-;

  • @ShawnRavenfire
    @ShawnRavenfire 8 років тому +4819

    I wonder if the irritability is a tribal survival mechanism to make other people avoid you, so the infection doesn't spread.

    • @franzluggin398
      @franzluggin398 8 років тому +407

      +Shawn Ravenfire Or it's just people being irritated because they want to do something against being in pain, and not able to do anything about it. People are generally like that, if they know what to do to make themselves feel better, they pull themselves together and focus on doing that, if not, they wish they did and start to hate everything around them.

    • @TheHortoman
      @TheHortoman 8 років тому +529

      i think is even more primitive, it may be about being more agressive so that predators dont single you out for being ill and eat you

    • @abirarun
      @abirarun 7 років тому +31

      Bob is sick!!!!! Maday!Maday!

    • @DissociatedWomenIncorporated
      @DissociatedWomenIncorporated 6 років тому +143

      I'd conjecture that it's mostly just the unpleasantness of feeling ill. Any kind of stress tends to make us more irritable, and a constant bombardment with unpleasant stimuli is _definitely_ stressful. If that ended up being an evolutionary advantage on top, I doubt it'd be that big of one. You could be right though!

    • @lbo6050
      @lbo6050 6 років тому +33

      Oh wow very interesting theory

  • @Gingenus
    @Gingenus 8 років тому +437

    I couldn't help smiling while watching this. thanks immune system buddies

  • @silverspector9718
    @silverspector9718 3 роки тому +10577

    Who is actually sick and came here just to feel better 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️

    • @Un_known125
      @Un_known125 3 роки тому +226

      Yeah I’m really shaky and my head hurts and tired I’m stressed as well

    • @toxiiciity2355
      @toxiiciity2355 3 роки тому +69

      @@Un_known125 hope you feeling better!

    • @Un_known125
      @Un_known125 3 роки тому +59

      @@toxiiciity2355 I am sort of just feeling nauseous but I’m okay!

    • @Sky-gf4wf
      @Sky-gf4wf 3 роки тому +46

      @@Un_known125 Well I have a cold

    • @Un_known125
      @Un_known125 3 роки тому +55

      @@Sky-gf4wf hope you get better! Feeling sick sucks.

  • @charli3s977
    @charli3s977 8 років тому +1462

    Why is this so intresting i cant even get through a math lesson without yawning but when im watching this im writing notes and stuff...So confused

    • @kiwi4998
      @kiwi4998 8 років тому +278

      Because you find this interesting and aren't forced to do it, also animations make everything better

    • @charli3s977
      @charli3s977 8 років тому +12

      Makes since thxs

    • @imatreebelieveme6094
      @imatreebelieveme6094 8 років тому +111

      It uses more senses than regular old text books, so that's a plus. It also visualizes the topics in a way that is most appealing and easy to wrap your head around rather than accurate. The presenter and the presentation are also paced in a way that keeps your attention up which is something that, sadly, only few teachers know how to do. It also reduces the topic down to its most important parts without handling the basics of the topic, which most of the time constitutes the boring shit you have to repeat all the time in order to remember.
      So, what these presentations do is reduce the topic to the things that are most interesting and important about it, which enables you to learn the most fascinating things about science without having to get through the boring shit needed to actually get to the conclusion yourself.
      This makes it possible for these neat little videos to achieve what many education systems around the world sadly do not, which is make education fun and show how fascinating the things education gets us to knowing can be.
      Just my two cents.

    • @aguynamedguy9385
      @aguynamedguy9385 7 років тому +41

      I think that it's also because, since you're doing this of your own choice, you become more invested in what's happening. I'd guess that's also why jobs become less fun even if it's regarding something you love to do.
      Let's say you're an artist who loves to paint who sells paintings for a living. However, after a while of doing that as a job, you don't find painting as enjoyable as it was before. Even though it's a thing that you used to love doing, being technically forced to do it all the time dampens the enjoyment in the activity. However, that doesn't happen when you're not painting as a job, even though you might technically be doing it for the same length of time. Not to mention the ability to freely take a break whenever you feel like it isn't really allowed in a job much (especially not in an art-related job where you essentially need to make things 24/7 to scrape by if you're a normal person).
      Basically, having to do stuff makes that stuff less enjoyable, even if doing it of your own choice results in you spending the same or greater amount of time doing that stuff.

    • @rhiannanhughes5252
      @rhiannanhughes5252 7 років тому +7

      Nightcore Fan its because you prefer usefull information you will actualy use in life unlike algebra knowing this may actualy help you in life.(sorry about speling im too ill to care).

  • @tjahjobagaaa
    @tjahjobagaaa 8 років тому +6952

    You feel awful, until you realise that you're sick on a school day

    • @dondizzzzzle
      @dondizzzzzle 8 років тому +59

      ikr

    • @daniyalshah1503
      @daniyalshah1503 8 років тому +354

      actually that makes me feel moe awful

    • @zanagi
      @zanagi 7 років тому +10

      haha

    • @itsamemario1772
      @itsamemario1772 7 років тому +18

      Bagas Tjahjowidodo HAHAHA SO F*CKING TRUE!

    • @wilytw
      @wilytw 7 років тому +71

      not really, that means its worse

  • @DN-lu9ky
    @DN-lu9ky 8 років тому +1795

    I like the graphics. Makes it easier to follow and understand.

  • @hitchet
    @hitchet 3 роки тому +506

    *3:09** amount of details in these animations is just insane.* Look closely - after our patient coughed bacteria to those three guys, it bounced out of second guy onto the first guy (meaning, immune system of the second guy is still good and able to fight) but then it bounced back to the second guy, meaning that immune system of the first guy is way stronger. On the other hand, the immune system of the third guy was the worst as both of the bacteria he took right away and nothing bounced.
    And all that secret information delivered in just a second of this incredible animation, that most of the people won't even notice.
    *Hats off, TED.*

    • @Teh_Boi
      @Teh_Boi 2 роки тому +30

      The first guy even backed off after our patient coughed, the detail of this amination is top notch.

    • @raikojohnson9850
      @raikojohnson9850 2 роки тому

      What are you talking about you nitwit. A good immune system doesn't mean the virus bounces off you like some kind of tiny pogo-stick jumping maniac, you still absorb the virus, it just doesn't do as much damage. Certainly the bacteria doesn't survey your body, and turn around if it's too harsh a landscape to look for a new home like some kind of intergalactic species searching for something resembling their homeplanet that was consumed by a nearby star years ago, god damn

    • @Cynthia-Landers
      @Cynthia-Landers 2 роки тому +12

      @@Teh_Boi To be exact, when the narrator says "diarrhea," lol

    • @sssophie9292
      @sssophie9292 2 роки тому +8

      3:08 watch in slower speed

    • @yams7998
      @yams7998 Рік тому +1

      The meatriding

  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  8 років тому +867

    Thanks everyone for watching today's video (and to everyone who is feeling sick, we hope you feel better!).
    TED-Ed is super honored to be nominated for a Webby Award! Help us out with your vote here: pv.webbyawards.com/2016/websites/general-website/education

    • @anonghosty
      @anonghosty 8 років тому +5

      Done, Good luck.

    • @AnubhavSaha42
      @AnubhavSaha42 8 років тому +3

      +TED-Ed Done! You're leading with 67% of the votes! :)

    • @TheScienceVerse
      @TheScienceVerse 8 років тому +1

      I heard about you on npr radio today morning ....keep it up

    • @chrisdawson5218
      @chrisdawson5218 8 років тому +1

      +TED-Ed Done mates..

    • @starbug5493
      @starbug5493 8 років тому +6

      +TED-Ed Ok but idea for next video: why do we feel so awful when we wake up from a nap? I feel like they're similar to symptoms while being sick. You loose your appetite, you're confused, your muscles kinda ache, etc...

  • @LoriWolfcat
    @LoriWolfcat 6 років тому +916

    I have a cough and when he was explaining that your body aches are due to your body fighting off the infection, My body started to ache. Then I laid down and thought, “Do your thing, body. You’ve got this! 😼”

  • @stephaniea1118
    @stephaniea1118 7 років тому +935

    My brother felt really sick so he drank medicine one night. He was so tired,sick and drugged that he wrote a goodbye letter because he thought he was dying. He woke up the next day and found the letter 😂

    • @deletednp4251
      @deletednp4251 2 роки тому +52

      Lol
      5 years later

    • @baylee8659
      @baylee8659 2 роки тому +59

      Haha this made me laugh while feeling sick in bed, thanks

    • @baylee8659
      @baylee8659 2 роки тому +21

      Also I wonder what the letter said

    • @zelinacosmos9030
      @zelinacosmos9030 2 роки тому

      Herpes is not a death sentence just like it is not the end of the world. It has a complete cure. I recently got rid of both my hsv1 and hsv2 within just seven days on youtube by HERBALIST DOCTOR KINGSLEY. I’m so happy right now.

    • @jazzinikki01
      @jazzinikki01 2 роки тому +3

      😂😂😂😂

  • @wendymuir7818
    @wendymuir7818 Рік тому +64

    Lighting a candle for everyone out there living with autoimmune and\or mystery disease.

    • @crzycolchris
      @crzycolchris Рік тому +2

      Yes. My poor wife has lupus. It took us a few heartaches to know.. every time she got pregnant her body would attack the poor baby.. she had 5 miscarriages...
      But here we are 10 years later with 10,8, and 5 year old! Drs were able to aid her

    • @deardiary8292
      @deardiary8292 Рік тому +2

      @@crzycolchrisCongratulations on your children :)

    • @johnwhite-q7s
      @johnwhite-q7s 8 місяців тому

      Rheumatoid arthritis. But then i went hiking in iceland and had to cross deep icy rivers multiple times. My rheumtiid arthritis immediately went into remission after that first river crossing

    • @bubbles.stu26
      @bubbles.stu26 Місяць тому

      Here with my lit red candle using this video as therapy.

  • @DanielClementYoga
    @DanielClementYoga 6 років тому +600

    3:16 The step back when diarrhea is mentioned - I'm still laughing.

    • @kylepproductions
      @kylepproductions 4 роки тому +41

      The image it gives for diarrhea is so funny too

    • @minelsahin9944
      @minelsahin9944 4 роки тому

      shouldilearnredux.netlify.app

    • @squarieshake1067
      @squarieshake1067 3 роки тому +1

      @@minelsahin9944 rick roll oh no

    • @easygoing2479
      @easygoing2479 3 роки тому +1

      Hahaha! I guess I'd step back too!

    • @stapleman007
      @stapleman007 3 роки тому +3

      Most sever dehydration is caused by diarrhea, IE someone in the hospital because of dehydration, no, because of diarrhea.

  • @victoriawheat123
    @victoriawheat123 8 років тому +3338

    Anyone else watching this when they are sick?

    • @user-tb1qm8uq5r
      @user-tb1qm8uq5r 8 років тому +9

      Victoria Wheat me

    • @Tanja-lf5ge
      @Tanja-lf5ge 8 років тому +17

      me! 😷

    • @fishcustard6574
      @fishcustard6574 8 років тому +24

      Does having an autoimmune disfunction count? 'Cuz MS gets on my nerves. (In case you didn't gert the joke: ms is when your immune system attacks the insulation on you nerves causing signal disruptions in the body with no cure and an unknown cause ect. Ect. Ect.)

    • @TwoHeadedTy
      @TwoHeadedTy 7 років тому +5

      Victoria Wheat bronchitis

    • @TwoHeadedTy
      @TwoHeadedTy 7 років тому +3

      Fish Custard you're username is amazing 🔷

  • @Rippertear
    @Rippertear 8 років тому +518

    dude that guy had like a cut halfway into his brain open to the air
    hes not makin it

    • @Kittsuera
      @Kittsuera 8 років тому +22

      +Rippertear AKA SDL Benjii TGPASOTSISAPROA(THR)STTLOYTYVMDFTBYTBCTSAASPIYH fear not. Stick figures are more durable and able to repair such damage with a simple stroke of the pen and a few erasers.

    • @Rippertear
      @Rippertear 8 років тому +7

      Kittsuera
      yeah but look he's got germs in like all of his brain and those are computer-generated not pen-drawn

    • @Kittsuera
      @Kittsuera 8 років тому +17

      Rippertear AKA SDL Benjii TGPASOTSISAPROA(THR)STTLOYTYVMDFTBYTBCTSAASPIYH Oh dear its worse than i thought. A normal pen simply will not do. A wacom tablet and an editing program will be needed to save them.

    • @aiiiia9971
      @aiiiia9971 6 років тому

      Rippertear ikr! 🤤

    • @henrygarcia5256
      @henrygarcia5256 5 років тому +7

      @@Kittsuera it's been 2 years, did he make it?

  • @kimberlyperrotis8962
    @kimberlyperrotis8962 3 роки тому +32

    Sometimes the day before a cold or flu starts I just feel upset, depressed and/or irritable for no reason, then the next day I get more definitive symptoms. The brain seems to be the first to know.

  • @TheDanCube
    @TheDanCube 5 років тому +2092

    When you realized that you're sick on a WEEKEND. And it disappears when you go to SCHOOL...

    • @mm-kh2tg
      @mm-kh2tg 5 років тому +6

      TheDanCube // Dancubing ikr 🤢🤢

    • @smokytau418
      @smokytau418 5 років тому +22

      Lucky

    • @knyt0
      @knyt0 4 роки тому +31

      @Nicofanforever GAMING damn your immune system sucks then

    • @its_lemon_19
      @its_lemon_19 4 роки тому +2

      TheDanCube // Dancubing That's the worst!

    • @BeeHatGuy
      @BeeHatGuy 4 роки тому +7

      @Ben Blanco you reminded me of when I caught Swine Flu in the Army on the first day of the 4th of July weekend. Luckily I ended up getting 2 weeks out, but in quarantine

  • @BlessicaBlimpson
    @BlessicaBlimpson 4 роки тому +45

    I have rheumatoid arthritis which is an autoimmune disease and during a flare it feels VERY similar to the flu. Whenever I try to explain the feeling of a flare (besides the painful swollen joints) i say it’s like the worst flu you’ve ever had. Shoutout to modern medicine for all the treatments!

  • @babunking7401
    @babunking7401 5 років тому +832

    2:25 no wonder he loses his appetite , THE HAMBURGER GREW LEGS AND STARTED TO CRAWL!

    • @dontwanta
      @dontwanta 4 роки тому +43

      But if he wasn't sick he'd been able to chase it down!!

    • @aud7925
      @aud7925 4 роки тому +1

      XD

    • @sandracarr8912
      @sandracarr8912 4 роки тому

      True

    • @aperson849
      @aperson849 4 роки тому +3

      I was hoping someone would mention this!

    • @minelsahin9944
      @minelsahin9944 4 роки тому

      shouldilearnredux.netlify.app

  • @KaushikChakma
    @KaushikChakma 2 роки тому +13

    my sick comrades. Nice to see you all. hope you all get better soon.

  • @shristi0000
    @shristi0000 8 років тому +58

    I am in love with this voice

    • @i_smoke_ghosts
      @i_smoke_ghosts 8 років тому

      yea i love this dudes voice too

    • @melissabautz2346
      @melissabautz2346 7 років тому

      Oh I oh I oh I oh I,
      I'm in love with this voice,
      Everyday discovering new synonyms,
      I'm in to love with the voice of you
      Come on, give me commas, come on
      Come on give me commas come on,
      Oh I oh I oh I oh I,
      I'm in love with the voice of you.

  • @aarona1c
    @aarona1c 7 років тому +64

    That one step backward at "diarrhea" at 3:18 is just the best.

  • @pythiasibyls6269
    @pythiasibyls6269 7 років тому +46

    I contracted a parasite from the Rosemont MovieCo theatre in Illinois in 2007 and almost died from dehydration. I couldn't keep ANYTHING in so I just lay on the couch until suddenly I went weak and my instincts kicked in and I crawled on my hands and knees to the bathroom and drank out of the sink sip by sip until I could stand.
    I went from "I just feel really bad" to my brain screaming at me "You're about to die! GO!!"
    It was an interesting experience.

    • @kayleem1256
      @kayleem1256 Рік тому +2

      Can you tell more about how you contracted a parasite at a theatre?

    • @nevaehhamilton3493
      @nevaehhamilton3493 Рік тому

      The parasite was controlling your brain, it made you drink from the sink.

    • @JeremyB1039
      @JeremyB1039 11 місяців тому +1

      Wow that’s my theatre right there!! I know they closed it down and AMC took over

    • @nevaehhamilton3493
      @nevaehhamilton3493 11 місяців тому

      @@JeremyB1039 probably from the parasitic infection

  • @DamnAwesome
    @DamnAwesome 2 роки тому +66

    Watching this while sick of covid or flu, or common cold, and I feel better knowing why my body feels bad.

  • @huntersterling8623
    @huntersterling8623 8 років тому +414

    I'm not sick while watching this.

  • @tangyspy
    @tangyspy 8 років тому +2330

    Brace yourselves for all '' I'm Sick while watching this'' comments

  • @basementdwellers5688
    @basementdwellers5688 7 років тому +50

    I loved the graphics! And I learned that sleeping more when I'm sick will maximize my body's natural resources toward recovery. This explains the science behind my old-country Irish dad's advice!

    • @taraelizabethdensley9475
      @taraelizabethdensley9475 Рік тому

      I wish i could sleep more, but unless it's the flu i end up sitting on the sofa rather then sleeping

  • @rmw9130
    @rmw9130 Рік тому +7

    This was actually really helpful! Especially the part of why you feel so tired, achy and completely blah and unmotivated when your sick. Explained very well and in depth.

  • @phrenologygroyper
    @phrenologygroyper 8 років тому +48

    My theory; we feel awful when we are sick to not only aid in eliminating bacteria/viruses but also so we KNOW we are sick and something is wrong and can go lay down and help our body with medicines/water, also so others know we are sick and will be careful not to get affected as well.

  • @GGSLM
    @GGSLM 8 років тому +225

    This is really interesting.

  • @lah3544
    @lah3544 4 роки тому +219

    Me: gets sick
    My immune system: *we're in the endgame*

  • @tcogaming9816
    @tcogaming9816 4 роки тому +887

    Body: Makes body temperature high
    Doctors: ok so take take this and ur not gonna feel hot
    Body: *Am I a joke to you?*

    • @eshithakk145
      @eshithakk145 3 роки тому +12

      TCO Gaming no offence but the reason the body temperature goes down again after taking the medication is because the disease or sickness is goneeee ;)

    • @starrynight1165
      @starrynight1165 3 роки тому +104

      @@eshithakk145 things like ibuprofen dont do anything but cool you down or make the pain go away, it doesnt actually cure anything.

    • @simonparadis4159
      @simonparadis4159 3 роки тому +74

      @@eshithakk145 No the medication just lowers ur temperature, it has no effect on the illness. The medication for fever is just for comfort.

    • @shruti9905
      @shruti9905 3 роки тому +54

      The fever medication is given to prevent overwhelming and dangerous/threatening fever
      Because your body will try to save you even if life and/or body is at stake

    • @saieuko
      @saieuko 3 роки тому

      Im sick and I already bought kool fever, now I don't know if I should it 😭

  • @Kate-vo3uk
    @Kate-vo3uk 8 років тому +161

    You uploaded this when I was really sick.

  • @stariadreamtea
    @stariadreamtea 2 роки тому +13

    And then there's me with a chronic autoimmune disease and my normal is what other people call a flu. My bad days were compared to the incapacity of a cancer patient. 🌟 If I ever get better I'll be the most chipper person simply for feeling well. I don't even remember what "well" feels like anymore.

    • @Bella-fz9fy
      @Bella-fz9fy Рік тому +2

      Same here!Please God we will have good health soon❤

    • @catEglorical
      @catEglorical Рік тому +1

      I get what you mean :( I hope you get to experience wellness one day soon 🫶

  • @SimmSumm
    @SimmSumm 8 років тому +132

    I'm sorry but that confused face at 3:37 cracked me up!!!

    • @Ayverie4
      @Ayverie4 8 років тому +6

      I also totally laughed out loud at the derp face

    • @absinthefifi
      @absinthefifi 7 років тому +1

      CHICKEEEN!

    •  5 років тому

      Confused or psychotic

    • @TBaroon
      @TBaroon 5 років тому

      he's getting good head

    • @SpiltBowlOfCereal
      @SpiltBowlOfCereal 4 роки тому

      Are you stoned?

  • @louisaisthankful4603
    @louisaisthankful4603 2 роки тому +4

    We are truly fearfully and wonderfully made! Psalm 139

  • @MitchellWiggs
    @MitchellWiggs 8 років тому +38

    I dont know why but I think the little diarrhea animation at 3:16 is so adorable

  • @timvestergaard7554
    @timvestergaard7554 8 років тому +503

    Next video: Whats a virus?

    • @TEDEd
      @TEDEd  8 років тому +40

      +Tim vestergaard Thanks for the suggestion, Tim! You're in luck! Check out the below two videos:
      Cell vs. virus: A battle for health
      ed.ted.com/lessons/cell-vs-virus-a-battle-for-health-shannon-stiles
      How do germs spread (and why do they make us sick)?
      ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-germs-spread-and-why-do-they-make-us-sick-yannay-khaikin-and-nicole-mideo

    • @VenamRedstalker
      @VenamRedstalker 8 років тому +20

      +TED-Ed More than that, I would suggest a video about how the medicines we get to stay better actually work. And what that "help" consists of. Very nice video, I feel like I'm not going to be irritable anymore when I'm sick, because you made me somewhat of aware of the chemistry behind my being irritable :D

    • @angelicbb
      @angelicbb 8 років тому

      +Alex They are not alive

    • @alldaySCIENCEofficial
      @alldaySCIENCEofficial 8 років тому

      It would be really a big help to me if you check out my channel. I create cool animated Science videos every week. If you like my videos then please subscribe it. I am sure you will love the videos. Thank you.

    • @timvestergaard7554
      @timvestergaard7554 8 років тому

      +TED-Ed thanks for giving me response (: love your vids

  • @STARPHROST
    @STARPHROST 8 років тому +237

    3:17 that diarrhea art tho... xD

    • @soslothful
      @soslothful 8 років тому +3

      +STARPHROST Nothing like a good poop joke.

    • @inSprayy
      @inSprayy 7 років тому

      Looks like someone powering up his SSJ mode... With diarrhea

    • @jambakalsente2295
      @jambakalsente2295 6 років тому

      It's fun when you're 8 indeed, but if you're a grown man of 45 years old I have no words..

    • @omega6680
      @omega6680 6 років тому

      STARPHROST yeah

    • @ByCactus
      @ByCactus 6 років тому +1

      Did you notice how the closest guy takes a step back after diarrhea was mentioned?

  • @beckyp8991
    @beckyp8991 4 роки тому +917

    "Its official, you got the flu."
    Coronavirus: AHEM.

  • @alexcordero6672
    @alexcordero6672 6 років тому +11

    The animation alone helped my kids understand how dis-ease works. Thank you!!!

  • @ineffablemars
    @ineffablemars 8 років тому +157

    How did youtube know that I'm sick, and recommended this to me???

    • @gamechep
      @gamechep 8 років тому +17

      Taylor TM UA-cam is a product of Google, and so are you. We all are.

    • @apereason3057
      @apereason3057 8 років тому +7

      Taylor TM i know right, I have strep throat and it's no coincidence that this was first on my recommended. I think it knows because I searched up treatments for strep on google.

    • @falaharmand4305
      @falaharmand4305 7 років тому +1

      Taylor TM IKR AT FIRST I WAS LIKE "WAT"

    • @randomtinypotatocried
      @randomtinypotatocried 7 років тому +5

      I'm pretty sure googling some of symptoms probably did it

    • @TwoHeadedTy
      @TwoHeadedTy 7 років тому +1

      Taylor TM same

  • @prodbyANIMA
    @prodbyANIMA 2 роки тому +3

    This just opened my eyes to how complex we are. I am thankful for my body💜

  • @slydEvil35
    @slydEvil35 2 роки тому +46

    Can’t believe I used to be able to go to school then play sports while sick.
    Now if I have a slight cough I take the day off work haha

  • @lhijk2135
    @lhijk2135 6 років тому +17

    I love this thank you! With panic disorder this helps me when I'm sick and just learned it can mess with serotonin levels.

  • @user-fh5ov4tu2j
    @user-fh5ov4tu2j 5 років тому +8

    I lost a friend who had autoimmune disease. For years upon years doctors thought that he had kidney problems that comes and go away. He only had several months to live after he finally found out about his disease. It hasn't been studied and applied well in my country. If it had, maybe the disease could be diagnosed sooner and my friend could still be here.

    • @deathstar286
      @deathstar286 2 роки тому

      it’s been 3 years and i’m your first like. Rest in peace to your friend.

    • @nonevelocity2306
      @nonevelocity2306 2 роки тому

      Rest in peace

  • @MCeili
    @MCeili Рік тому +7

    I would love to see a Ted Talk like this one about Lupus. I have learned so much already from these animated talks.

  • @jimc747
    @jimc747 3 роки тому +9

    this is why I loved physiology and anatomy in highschool. The human body is amazing and terrifying.

  • @meosh930
    @meosh930 4 роки тому +33

    That is the weirdest strategy to adapt in any fight. Imagine if someone tries attacking your castle, you go ahead and burn it first.

    • @leonardovergara5620
      @leonardovergara5620 4 роки тому

      Meosh Sovg Scorched Earth?

    • @E--Drop
      @E--Drop 3 роки тому +1

      If your _castle_ is *_flame retardant,_* then it makes perfect sense. 🔥👍( •̀ .̫ •́ )✧

  • @derek-4178
    @derek-4178 8 років тому +10

    Literally sick right now. Ted timings are on point

    • @nickm8179
      @nickm8179 8 років тому

      Illuminati!

    • @nickm8179
      @nickm8179 8 років тому

      +Ling Earth Clearly (twas only a joke)

    • @derek-4178
      @derek-4178 8 років тому

      Funny how people somehow always manage to lose their shit in the comments section

    • @intothecalm420
      @intothecalm420 8 років тому

      +Nick M
      HILLUMINATI CONFIRMED!
      .

    • @nickm8179
      @nickm8179 8 років тому

      Andy - Who lost it?

  • @solodolotrevino
    @solodolotrevino 8 років тому +32

    There's a war going on inside

    • @omegasrevenge
      @omegasrevenge 8 років тому +14

      Macrophages be like "SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
      The rest of your body be like "THIS IS MADNESS!!"

  • @isabellalam08
    @isabellalam08 2 роки тому +2

    Wow, our bodies are truly amazing things

  • @aaaknowkneemoos4811
    @aaaknowkneemoos4811 5 років тому +656

    is it possible to give AK-47 to my immune system to help them win the battle?

    • @solomonnie6108
      @solomonnie6108 5 років тому +52

      The it's more likely to work like auto-immune disease since your body will be caught in crossfire with AK-47 bullets all over your body lol

    • @Taniachi_Fractal
      @Taniachi_Fractal 4 роки тому +36

      Nah, it is too big. But if you make tiny robots holding tiny AK-47 and put them into your blood, this may work

    • @gutenman7112
      @gutenman7112 4 роки тому +37

      They already have a better ak-47 , its called antibodies , the last line of defense. Although you can give them nukes tho , its called antibiotik , but it also kills some of your comrade .

    • @Bobdixon_Moonvarga_Dancer_III
      @Bobdixon_Moonvarga_Dancer_III 4 роки тому +10

      In America immune systems have AR-15’s. To fight those terrorist viral invaders.

    • @joshuacruz9307
      @joshuacruz9307 4 роки тому +1

      The incorrect grammar posed in your question made it funnier to read. LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @Coouge
    @Coouge 4 роки тому +68

    I'm here because of Coronavirus.

  • @mushroom3285
    @mushroom3285 8 років тому +489

    2:40 anyone else see the hamburger grow legs and walk away? XD

    • @itsamemario1772
      @itsamemario1772 7 років тому +1

      Kishkat The Kitty Yeah we're not blind

    • @Cherry_amphetamines
      @Cherry_amphetamines 7 років тому +2

      It's a me Mario it was a short while and it was small so it was new to me

    • @ShoutmonXW
      @ShoutmonXW 7 років тому

      I sure did! It's a very cute Easter egg! XD

    • @KellySmith555
      @KellySmith555 7 років тому +1

      You guys just made this video that much funnier.Thank you! lol

    • @Archgeek0
      @Archgeek0 7 років тому +7

      Beware the Burger Spider. It lurks. It waits.

  • @whybecauseimmikkob.
    @whybecauseimmikkob. 3 місяці тому

    I remember this being my comfort video when I was younger, whenever I’d eat, I’d watch this all the time. It was some good times

  • @MatthewSmith-wx9wy
    @MatthewSmith-wx9wy 5 років тому +48

    3:25
    A clean cut through my skull, into my brain. Just another day.

  • @gomolemofritz5966
    @gomolemofritz5966 8 років тому +8

    I just recovered from a mild cold I was not happy but happy to be alive :-), the human body is amazing

  • @notdeadyet5337
    @notdeadyet5337 6 років тому +16

    I'm sick, and my favorite holiday (Halloween) is tommorow. Let's all pray that I recover just in time.

    • @jenlisabecause
      @jenlisabecause 3 роки тому

      Did you recover?

    • @Calamity3_0
      @Calamity3_0 3 роки тому +1

      @@jenlisabecause you replied on a 2 years comment.

    • @notdeadyet5337
      @notdeadyet5337 2 роки тому +2

      @@jenlisabecause lol i’m pretty sure i did actually recover from that :)

    • @jenlisabecause
      @jenlisabecause 2 роки тому +1

      @@notdeadyet5337 lol that’s good!

  • @kestrelloz
    @kestrelloz 4 роки тому +35

    2:39
    “you lose your appetite and thirst”
    mr. hamburger, tired of not being eat, walks away.

    • @amelio3712
      @amelio3712 Рік тому

      Yeah not surprising that dude get infected

  • @FazalFariz
    @FazalFariz 8 років тому +5

    1:20 That sad wall socket.

  • @xcryi
    @xcryi 8 років тому +37

    I don't know if I actually did something today or if was hallucinating

  • @aditidas2044
    @aditidas2044 8 років тому +307

    Great video!!! I really learnt a lot! Pls could you make a video on the mind of a depressed person or depression. It would really help me:)

    • @moldefan3544
      @moldefan3544 8 років тому +10

      A big and important topic! A lot of things cause depression, the human body and psyche is a complex thing.

    • @TEDEd
      @TEDEd  8 років тому +34

      Hi +Aditi Das, great suggestion! We recently made this video on depression: ua-cam.com/video/z-IR48Mb3W0/v-deo.html.

    • @aditidas2044
      @aditidas2044 8 років тому +7

      TED-Ed Thank you.

    • @aditidas2044
      @aditidas2044 8 років тому +1

      +Molde Fan Yes that is true. Sorry didn't see ur comment before

    • @moldefan3544
      @moldefan3544 8 років тому +3

      Hehe, don't worry. I wasn't awaiting a reply. But it's nice that you did. :)

  • @portlistlytvya
    @portlistlytvya 2 роки тому +9

    now I'm not even annoyed, this is a massive morale boost.. I now understand my immune system is just doing what it has to protect me

  • @psychedforlife7176
    @psychedforlife7176 2 роки тому +59

    I've never been this sick before from the flu. I got a flu shot on Tuesday and felt bad for 2 days but I felt okay the next day. However, the after that I started coughing, spiked a fever, muscle aches, and headache. It's been over a week now and I'm so fatigued and am still coughing.

    • @infinitejest441
      @infinitejest441 Рік тому +6

      Must have been a different strain.

    • @human__________
      @human__________ Рік тому +5

      takes a couple weeks before the shot is effective.

    • @Abdoulaye_Tambadou
      @Abdoulaye_Tambadou Рік тому +3

      It always start with a cough. Man i feel the same since Monday. What amazed me in all of these symptoms is the lack of appetite. Since it does hit me i feel lazy and get tired quickly. The only difference between you and i is that I’ve not taken the flu shot.

    • @alanclarkeau
      @alanclarkeau Рік тому

      There's your answer - my Mum was effectively dead 50mins after a flu shot. No pulse, no breathing. Fortunately Paramedics were in the next street and revived her. A week in hospital.

    • @jcm9356
      @jcm9356 Рік тому +2

      I too am the sickest I've ever been for the longest period of time with this flu. Slowly, slowly going but only after 2+ weeks. I have the flu shot every year, so god knows what this would have been like without it.

  • @JoannaEve
    @JoannaEve Рік тому +2

    I’m currently sick and am trying not to feel sad this video helps a lot thank you 🙏

  • @breadcrumbs3530
    @breadcrumbs3530 8 років тому +63

    Despite how bad I physically feel when I'm sick, I still love being sick because you get an excuse to sit around all day and do absolutely nothing.

    • @MrBennyTheOwl
      @MrBennyTheOwl 8 років тому +7

      It's fun for the first couple of hours but after that I just get bored.

    • @magiv4205
      @magiv4205 8 років тому +41

      Unless you're REALLY sick, to the point where you even promise to not ever slack in school again if only the pain went away...

  • @WillN2Go1
    @WillN2Go1 3 роки тому +3

    Good video. "It'll wipe out the infection before you even notice it." Tune up your symptom detector. As a middle school teacher I got really fed up with being sick at least twice a year from infected germy kids. I instituted COVID level cleanliness procedures (5 years before COVID): Clorox wipes of all surfaces in my class, and then whenever I even thought about it, I'd again wipe down desktops, chair backs and sides (where people touch them), etc. I put a two liter bottle of Purell on my desk and encouraged students to use it. Sick kids I sent to the nurse (on the one day a week she was there) or the office. They'd send them back. And I'd send them back again.
    But THIS is the big step. While creating lessons on how to tell the difference between flu, colds, allergies, etc. I realized that when I got hammered with the flu I'd woken up that morning and had the thought, "I might be coming down with something, I'd better take it easy." And then at some point during the day flu hit me like a truck. So in the morning instead of my energy level continually rising, it starts to taper off? I call in sick and go back to bed for the rest of the day. The first time I did this I felt like a complete flake - I didn't feel at all sick. But that night I started to get the flu headache. _Uh oh, here it comes._ Nope. Next day I woke up feeling great. I'd just beaten the flu. (Because I have asthma usually when I got the flu I'd have it for about four days and then secondary problems for another week or two.) In Hong Kong February 2020, at the beginning of COVID I had one of those experiences, but in the evening. My temperature was up, it didn't feel like anything I'd ever experienced (two sort of 'knots' on both sides of my chest). Same thing, go to bed. All the symptoms, feelings? were completely gone at 1-2am when I got up to pee. 6 weeks ago I did this again, had to skip a class I'd paid $200 for. Better safe than sorry. Next day, felt great. Hope this helps.

    • @jem5691
      @jem5691 3 роки тому +2

      Great points and I'll echo that: be aware of your condition, listen to your body and watch out for early symptoms. Sometimes I'm feeling a bit "off" and YES, it is always worth taking it easy, and staying home if you think you're getting sick. Cancelling your other plans and resting in bed not only can prevent sickness, but imagine if you were about to go to school, or the office, or to see friends ... you might be infecting them!!
      It's smart to stay home when you're feeling sick or when you feel like it's coming.

  • @yeetytheyeti5520
    @yeetytheyeti5520 7 років тому +34

    You: Man I'm feeling sick gonna go lie down.
    Hypothalamus: WE ARE GOING TO WAR, BOYS!

  • @evergreensweetnesslavender
    @evergreensweetnesslavender 6 років тому +71

    1:30
    Medieval doctors: *i told you spilling your blood out would work*

  • @tnturnip
    @tnturnip 6 років тому +5

    0:08 That socket is happy!

  • @vickglampshousvicky
    @vickglampshousvicky 2 місяці тому +1

    Praise God! It’s amazing how he created us!

  • @GraceDoesWeirdThings
    @GraceDoesWeirdThings 8 років тому +78

    man. our bodies are cray cray

    • @leeliyan99
      @leeliyan99 8 років тому

      +GraceDoesWeirdThings yup

  • @Danielo556
    @Danielo556 4 роки тому +67

    "to have you sleep and recover faster" YEAH SURE just skip the common cold enitirely because I can't bloody sleep because my nose is running and I'm coughing so much!

    • @kayseek1248
      @kayseek1248 3 роки тому

      Me: I need to sleep to destroy this virus
      My brain: yes you do
      Me: **is close to falling asleep**
      My brain: **causes coughing fit, making me have to start all over again**

    • @ch-17vevo55
      @ch-17vevo55 3 роки тому

      @Ben Blanco make sure you clean your pillow case every now and then and shower every night, you could have pollen stuck to your hair and getting it all over your pillow case. It’ll make sleeping a nightmare

  • @jakubk.584
    @jakubk.584 6 років тому +122

    Human: * exists *
    Diseases:
    It's Free Real Estate

  • @bagelly6957
    @bagelly6957 Рік тому +4

    Back again to watch this while sick in bed
    It honestly makes me feel better

  • @brandonlarabee8004
    @brandonlarabee8004 8 років тому +4

    This is a great video. Far too often we want relief from "problems" without knowing the extent of what will happen when we do that, or why they are there in the first place.
    If you are able to recognize the complexity and organization of the human body, you will have less interest in controlling its processes, and more interest in helping it do the things that it is so innately capable of doing on its own.

  • @hannara566
    @hannara566 4 роки тому +4

    “our immune system lead us pain” I’m shocked! But, when i’m sick, i’m able to appreciate about my immune system working for me.

  • @Abyssal2808
    @Abyssal2808 3 роки тому +3

    I am sick. No coughing, just sore thorat. After it was going away, I felt so awful and didn't want to move! That's where I am right now. I MISS MY HEALTH AND HATE MY IMMUNE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW

  • @Chris-ii6dt
    @Chris-ii6dt Рік тому +2

    Who else here also is sick but also resists painkillers. I just feel like my body knows best…unless I get to point of a dangerous temp I just allow the feaver to do it’s thing

  • @Xtrapretty206
    @Xtrapretty206 8 років тому +14

    Watching this while I'm sick

  • @tiffanyvoss3966
    @tiffanyvoss3966 4 роки тому +5

    My dad always said when I was sick and the doctors were taking forever that I was like a puzzle and they were trying to find that missing piece. And that it took a while when you lose a piece of a puzzle to find it.

  • @KH9078
    @KH9078 8 років тому +68

    lol that diarrhea image had me dying

  • @somebodythatyouusedtokn0w
    @somebodythatyouusedtokn0w 2 роки тому +2

    Feeling low ,sad, have flu or fever, no one talk to and alone ??.. Don't worry mate things will get better soon.. We are with you :) 💪💪

    • @isabellas2swag
      @isabellas2swag 2 роки тому

      im sick rn i've been sick sense Thursday it's may 7th Saturday and i don't want my parents to take me to the doctor

    • @lorilovinglife_
      @lorilovinglife_ 2 роки тому

      Me and my daughter are sick with the flu she seems to be doing fine,but I feel terrible and tomorrow is my birthday ugh!

  • @chimaera41
    @chimaera41 8 років тому +527

    Up if you watch this when sick

  • @charlottecox2517
    @charlottecox2517 5 років тому +142

    When you wake up with a fever on the first day of winter break

    • @aryaemam9847
      @aryaemam9847 4 роки тому +10

      Charlotte Cox When you get the flu, on the exam weeks. Exactly what happened to me, and I had to write all of them with the most annoying headache, stuffed nose, and severe coughing. I couldn’t even focus

    • @gayaraaukwaththa9170
      @gayaraaukwaththa9170 4 роки тому +2

      That just happened today

    • @stupid.cosplayer
      @stupid.cosplayer 4 роки тому +3

      when you wake up with strep on new years day

    • @kalyan7708
      @kalyan7708 4 роки тому

      @@stupid.cosplayer 👀

    • @John231984
      @John231984 3 роки тому

      When I was in HS this happened to me. The last day before vacation I ended up with 102, and was sick up till 2 days before the vacation ended.

  • @mccreeper03
    @mccreeper03 6 років тому +33

    I want this to be played in school, it is fair use, right?

    • @aashi8316
      @aashi8316 6 років тому +2

      Yes. As long as credit is given .

  • @user-hq5hg6mz2n
    @user-hq5hg6mz2n 2 роки тому +1

    It is astonishing how well our bodies can fight infections

  • @raph009
    @raph009 5 років тому +7

    I always wondered why my skin was more tender when I had the flu!! Thanks :)

  • @kamalhm-dev
    @kamalhm-dev 8 років тому +7

    I want much more of this type video! Understanding your body is an amazing thing to learn

    • @meatwise
      @meatwise 8 років тому

      Yeah, these videos are great!

  • @ye3s146
    @ye3s146 8 років тому +21

    I just caught a cold today , and then I get home and see this XD

    • @maxthefool
      @maxthefool 8 років тому

      I have strep throat. But I hope you get better soon

    • @ye3s146
      @ye3s146 8 років тому

      Awesome Ella Jam thank you :) and you too :)

  • @satnamo
    @satnamo 2 роки тому +2

    Even in a wound,
    There is a power to heal because my body loves me.