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Why do we fall ill, A Specific Method to Strengthen the Immune System, , The above methods were just general ways of preventing any, disease. A specific method to strengthen the immune system, and hence preventing disease is vaccination., , Whenever our body is affected by a disease, our immune, system not only fights against it but it also remembers how to, respond when the same disease-causing microbes affect our, body the next time., , Similarly, vaccination contains an agent that is similar to the, disease-causing agents (weak or killed microbes). As it enters, our body, our immune system learns to fight against it and, hence prevents us from actually getting infected when the, actual disease-causing microbes enter our body., , Today, vaccines are available for enhancing our immune, system against various diseases such as polio, chicken pox, and measles.