Xach's metaphor is apt: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=776376 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=776376 While your immune system is fighting an infection

Xach's metaphor is apt: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=776376 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=776376 While your immune system is fighting an infection, you get all kinds of additional symptoms like fever or inflammation that are caused by the immune system itself. You may not like them, but you wouldn't like the alternative.