• Question: What is it pus?

    Asked by Anjalo to Carmen, Daniel, Laura, Noel, Steph on 10 Mar 2015. This question was also asked by Charlio27, Maria13, Pablito, Maria Altarriba.
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      Carmen Denman answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      Hi Anjalo,
      Sorry I don’t understand your question, would you rephrase it?
      Cheers!
      Carmen

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      Noel Carter answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      During inflammation cells and fluid go to the site of inflammation. It is possible then for the site to become heavily infected by bacteria that are already there or a new infection if say the skin becomes broken. The bacteria can resist the immune cells and start to destroy them and that results in dead cells that form a decaying soup of cells and protein we call pus.

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