Medical Definition of ill–health
- : a condition of inferior health in which some disease or impairment of function is present but is usually not as serious in terms of curtailing activity as an illness elderly parents who are in ill–health and need their financial and personal help
Normal and ill health
The lymphatic system during normal health
- The lymphatic system transports lymph around the body via the lymph vessels.
- Lymph leaks out of the blood vessels
- Accumulates in the spaces between the cells of body tissues.
- Microorganisms are neutralised
- Destroyed in the lymph nodes by white blood cells.
- The lymph nodes are not swollen like how they do be whilst the body is fighting an infection
