What happens in our bodies when we are sick?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Let’s say you wake up on a Tuesday morning feeling fine and fresh. But by the end of the night your throat hurts, you’re coughing, and there’s snot dripping from your nose. What happened in the course of that one day to make you feel so sick? Dr. Courtney Jordan Baechler helps us stick our noses in this (t)issue.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is the Moment of Um.
0:05.8	Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, I'm Remember This
0:10.0	Um, I'm Ruby Guthrie.
0:14.3	Um, whew.
0:17.8	Good morning world.
0:19.9	Wow, I've got so much to do today.
0:22.5	Good thing I slept a ton last night.
0:25.0	Okay, let's see.
0:26.3	I've got to make breakfast, take a shower, get to the library, run to the grocery store,
0:31.3	get a birthday card for my friend Ellen,
0:33.6	assemble some cowboy caviar for the party, and then I...
0:37.0	Oh, whoa, my then I... Whoa.
0:38.3	My throat hurts.
0:40.3	Oh, oh no.
0:43.3	Oh no!
0:44.3	Oh no, no, no, no, no, not today.
0:48.3	Now when I have so much to do, why, why am I sick?
0:53.3	You know, thankfully, listener Penny had a great question about
0:58.4	this. Hi, I'm Penny. And my question is, what happens in your body when you get sick?
1:06.6	Hi, I'm Courtney Jordan Beckler. I'm a cardiologist, which means I'm a heart doctor. I usually
1:13.3	take care of adult patients. Before we become cardiologists, we're required to be internists first.
1:21.3	Internal medicine doctors specialize in adult medicine. So we have a lot of practice of taking care of people when they're
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