Ill?

Well, I must say, I thing I am completely sick by now. I woke up on Sunday morning it find that I had a sore throat. No problem – all that is needed is some rest, liquids, soft foods, and no deep-fried products. Two days pass, Wednesday 2009.10.21, I feel up to go to swim practice – practice cut a half-hour anyways, the throat didn’t seem to be a large issue, and no detectable fever was detected. BIG MISTAKE

I am possessed like a dummy – fever, sore throat (still), congestion, and the chills. YUCK. And I attend school so I wouldn’t miss some quizzes or lectures…. Spiking a 100.8℉ fever is not cool. I just hope I don’t get anybody else sick.

Speaking of disease, what is the study of (the nature of) diseases? Oh, did I hear somebody say “immunology” (like immune system)? Well, you’re kind of on the right track, but that’s the study of the immune system – not diseases directly. What may be another name for a little microorganism –bacterium or virus – that can cause disease (e.g. the common cold, influenza, tuberculosis, and myocarditis are the only ones that I can come up with)? I am not sure if you are familiar with the term “pathogen.” So…how about pathology? Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Pathology studies the nature of diseases and the changes (in the host) produced by said virus and bacterium. The etymology of pathology derives from New Latin pathologia and Middle French pathologie, and originally from Greek pathologia study of the emotions (emotions?). Isn’t etymology interesting – emotions…where do the Greeks come up with this stuff?

Well isn’t science fun? I combined my cr*ppy illness to (sorta) fun science. Whoo, disease like the plague, the Black Death, Bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, and septicemic plague – all caused by different types of pathogens that run wild through people’s immune system. Let’s just hope I only have the common cold =[