How do the mouth, nose, throat, and lungs fight against pathogens?

If a person has a bad pain in their back, specifically lower back a bit above the hip, what should they do besides going to the doctor? what remedies could they use?

Marcus's genotype for eye color is bb. olivia has brown eyes, but she is heterozygous for the trait. what percentage of the children have blue eyes? if violet has green eyes and jonas has brown eyes, what is claudia's genotype? how many people in the family have blue eyes?

A48-year-old male presents with an 8-day history of productive cough, subjective fevers, and malaise. he is otherwise healthy without any active medical problems. he is a social drinker of alcohol, and denies any tobacco or drug use. on physical examination, the patient is alert and oriented. his temperature is 100.4 0 f, pulse rate is 56, respiratory rate is 18, and blood pressure is 133/64. heent is within normal limits and a chest exam has diffuse expiratory wheeze with decreased sounds to the right lower lung fields. blood labs reveal wbc 14.4, hgb 11.3, plt 233, alt 65, ast 102, and po 4 2.1. a chest x-ray reveals a dense consolidation with bulging fissures. based on these findings, what is the most likely pathogen affecting this patient?