I mean in the book'The count of Monte Cristo' by Al.Dumas the count used to dirk small quantity of a sort of poison and every day he used to indent the quantity of poison untill he became immmune to that big quantity of poison.Is this posible,I mean is it posible to became immune to a quantity of poison,and if it is true,can we became immune to artificial poison(some pastilles,wich are used as poison)?
2006-07-19 02:43:54 · 13 answers · asked by alex 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Yes, it's like allergy shots. The chinese also use some poisons for medicines because of this.
2006-07-19 21:20:45 · answer #1 · answered by gerlooser 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I dont know about poison. When I was little a lot of bees did bit all my body and then got medical help. The point is that if there is a bee around me and bites me I dont suffer from their poison, I became immune to those animals, I dont feel headaches and the skin remains the same not as used to get when those bees came to my body, it was interesting kind of injecting my body something natural.
About the poison, I wouldnt taste it with the idea that we can become immune, what about or degree of posion will not "harm" the person? I think any poison is bad in any quantity, the difference is that we dont see the effects very quickly but anyone who takes poison at some time will see the results of taking it.
2006-07-21 07:42:02 · answer #2 · answered by frankomty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is certainly possible to become tolerant to a poison, although true immunity might be very rare.
However, there are people testing this theory every day with drugs and alcohol. Every time someone tells you that they had to increase the number of cigarettes, lines of cocaine, bottles of beer, etc that they use in order to get the same buzz or high; this is an example of tolerance. Because they are ingesting these every day (and they are basically poisons to the biological system), the body has become more efficient at processing things through the system to expelling it in urine or sweat or breath.
However, the body's efficiency often comes at the price of other organ damage, such as the cirrhosis of the liver for frequent alcohol consumption. While the actual toxin (poison) may be expelled, it still leaves a mark.
2006-07-19 04:57:35 · answer #3 · answered by weilder 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Dinc.
You can raise antibodies against certain certain types of poison and actually the anti-venom that they give you e.g for snake bites has antibodies coming from animals e.g horses. These antibodies were prepared as you are saying, by giving very small amounts to horses so that they can develop antibodies against it.
However we can't raise antibodies against all types of chemicals. Eg cyanide is too small to allow antibodies being raised against it and also reacts too fast to be dealt with antibodies even if such antibodies existed.
Moreover some chemicals cannot be expelled from your body at least not 100%, like heavy metals, some pesticides etc. For example, heavy metals are not only too small to raise antibodies against them but tend to accumulate inside your body. For example if you take a certain dose of Mercury you die. If you take much much smaller doses you might have a slight but not lethal poisoning each time but with time it will accumulate in your brain and it will degenerate it. So exposure to small quantities over a long period of time is very harmful in this case.
2006-07-19 04:22:11 · answer #4 · answered by bellerophon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if you can become immune to it, but you can build a tolerance...
When I was in the military... a kid got stung by a scorpion... The doctors said that he wouldn't have lived.... but this guy grew up in the Florida everglades.... He has been bit/ stung by many different poisonous insects/ animals all of his life.. He was in bad shape for a while... but the bottom line is that he pulled thru it...
2006-07-19 02:50:39 · answer #5 · answered by and,or,nand,nor 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It happens in the movie "The Princess Bride" too, the guy gets immune to some poison...
2006-07-19 06:51:19 · answer #6 · answered by neigeblanc18 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think about the people who catch and derive rattlesnake venom for meds, yes it's entirely possible. They are not completely immune to it, but their body tolerates it way better. It's also true with those snake worshipers. When they get bit, they don't die like the rest of us would. They do get a bit sick though.
2006-07-19 02:49:23 · answer #7 · answered by Rayne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible with some poisons, but I wouldn't reccommend it.
Which poisons are safe? Nobody knows.
How much can you handle to start? Nobody knows.
How long will it take to build the immunity? Nobody knows.
Does this help? No.
2006-07-19 02:47:03 · answer #8 · answered by jfrabell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not fully immune,but lessen the effect's of the poison on their bodies.
2006-07-19 02:48:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible.Some people in the indian history were also immune to poison.It is said when mosquitoes bite them the mosquitoes died.
2006-07-19 02:47:37 · answer #10 · answered by karthikeyan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋