A 10-year-old child with strep throat asks the nurse, “Why are there large bumps [lymph nodes] on my neck when my throat gets sore?” The nurse replies that lymph nodes: bring in cells into your bump [lymph nodes] to stop the germs from going anywhere else in the body. help your tonsils get bigger with cells that will bring immune cells into your throat to prevent any other infections. bring all kinds of good cells to your throat so that they can wall off the strep and keep the germs from getting any food or water. help your body fight off infections by allowing special cells [lymphocytes and macrophages] to move through the lymph chain and engulf and destroy germs.
[Answered]: A 10-year-old child with strep throat asks the…
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