Low immunity (There are five manifestations of low immunity!)
Wen|Zhou You, Zhang
How do you know your immunity level? See if you have the following signs of weakened immunity.
01 I often feel tired.
I often feel tired after doing a little work, and I went to the hospital for an examination and found no organic disease. After a period of rest, your energy eases up again, but it doesn’t last long and your old problems return.
The cold keeps coming.
Cold has become your daily life. It was getting colder and I was sneezing before I had time to add clothes. Then the days come with a cold and it takes a long time before you get better. Many antibiotics are powerless.
The wound is susceptible to infection.
When any part of your body is accidentally scratched, the wound will become red, swollen or even fester within a few days. Normal people recover in a few days, but you will be affected by it in your daily life. Or after your surgery, the wound healing time is much longer than the normal medical healing time; or you have a painful and itchy boil on a certain part, such as your vagina, and a boil on your head a few days later. Net, it’s annoying.
Fragile Stomach
Your belly is like a baby that hasn’t grown up yet. You cannot eat any contaminated food. You have specific fears of certain foods. For example, if you eat leeks in a restaurant outside, you will vomit and have diarrhea, but others will be safe. If you encounter an outbreak of hepatitis A, you will be afraid to eat, which means that there is a problem with the self-protection function of your stomach.
05 Susceptible to infectious diseases
If you are a doctor or nurse with low immunity and come into contact with open tuberculosis patients in the hospital, you are likely to be infected, but the patient has just been admitted to the hospital , you don’t know yet; someone in the same room has chickenpox, and you are always protected. During SARS, you always had a fever and a cold for no reason, and you went to the hospital again and again to rule out the diagnosis. In short, it is always easy to be pursued by infectious diseases.
How to improve your immunity?
If you want to live a long and healthy life, you must protect and strengthen your immune system. Because of many geriatric diseases, such as high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, diabetes, tumors, various infections, etc. , is closely related to the decline of immune function. What should be done to improve immunity?
1 ●Rational nutrition is the foundation.
Human immunity and reasonable nutrition complement each other. Protein is not only the basis of life, but also the main component of the immune system. The elderly should supplement the right amount of protein, including a certain amount of high-quality protein (such as casein). Supplement about 70-80 grams of protein every day, half of high-quality protein is appropriate. Properly supplement vitamins and minerals every day, the body’s weapons against external invasion, including interferon, the number and vitality of various immune cells are related to vitamins and minerals.
2●Sufficient sleep is a “natural supplement”
Sufficient high-quality sleep can reduce the consumption of brain cells, delay the decline and aging of various organs, and enhance human immunity. A good night’s sleep can significantly increase the number of two types of lymphocytes in the body. During sleep, the human body will produce a sleep factor called muramic acid, which will promote the increase of white blood cells, the activity of macrophages, and the enhancement of liver detoxification function, thereby killing invading bacteria and viruses. The elderly should rest on time every day, go to bed early and get up early, and sleep 7-8 hours a day. In addition, we should develop the habit of taking a nap to supplement the lack of sleep at night.
3 ●Moderate exercise for anti-aging
Life lies in exercise. Moderate exercise is more important for the elderly. It can increase immune cells, enhance the body’s ability to resist pathogens, and reduce the chance of infection. The elderly should choose physical exercises within their capabilities, such as walking, jogging, gymnastics, and Tai Chi. Excessive exercise is also harmful to the immune system. Many people have found that excessive exercise can cause changes in cytokines in the body. Excessive secretion of these cytokines may lead to excessive activation of immunity, and sometimes low secretion of these cytokines may lead to suppression of immunity. The researchers also found that after athletes participated in competitions, the immune system temporarily declined. Therefore, the principle of moderation should be emphasized, neither too much nor too little.
4 ●Emotional optimism is beneficial.
Medical research has proved that an antibody in the body of happy and forgetful elderly people, immunoglobulin A, is significantly higher than that of sentimental people. Optimism can fully regulate the functions of the nervous system, endocrine system and cardiovascular system, which is of great benefit to physical and mental health. In addition, modesty helps to overcome diseases and improve the cure rate of diseases. On the contrary, people who are pessimistic and world-weary and are not good at coping with setbacks in life will seriously damage the immune function of the body and are prone to neurasthenia, peptic ulcer, cerebrovascular accident, cancer and other diseases.