Our bodies are incredibly strong and very adaptable. We are walking talking balls of evolution. Millions of years of evolution to be exact. We have a lot of ways to combat invading viruses and infections. Our immune systems are complex, very fast to act and they can take on pretty much any adversary when they are prepared. However, when our immune system has been weakened, that’s when viruses get through and begin to take over our bodies. The real danger to our health isn’t necessarily anything that is trying to get into our system. It’s our own defences being weak. So what can weaken our system and how can we make sure this doesn’t happen?

The common culprit

Human beings are not robots. What affects our minds, often affects our bodies. Stress is the number one most commonly held culprit for our immune systems being made weaker. When you feel stressed, your body will actually decrease the production of white blood cells in your lymphocytes. This can spell danger, and something as common as the cold or flu can have a very severe impact on your health. You could be at risk of other things such as a bad infection from a cut to your finger due to a kitchen knife. 

Think of any of the common occurrences where our bodies are tested, such as infections from perhaps eating something that was slightly off, or a cough virus that you might have caught on public transport. When you are stressed, all of the most common viruses and infections have a worse effect on your health than they normally would.

Common cold

Speaking of the common cold, when you have a common cold 2 or 3 times in a row, this can have a deep impact on your immune system. Your immune system has a set number of white blood cells at any given time. It takes a long time to make more white blood cells in vast quantities. So when you have fought off multiple virus attacks, just one more can push you over the edge and put you into a critical condition. 

However, because your body adapts so quickly to the common cold that you don’t usually need to worry about this, we don’t think of this as a problem in our daily lives. On the other hand, if you are a traveler, and you visit multiple countries in just as many weeks. You are at risk of this phenomenon. Most people find that they bounce back, in about a week or two. A low white blood cell count can be naturally helped by eating certain foods like fatty omega-3 acids in fish, garlic, kiwis, zinc, yogurt, etc.

HIV

Perhaps the most well-known reason for having a weak immune system is, HIV. This is a very harmful disease which does not necessarily attack you but rather withers away your white blood cell count. It seeks to make your immune system and immune response fade over time. The life expectancy of someone with HIV is about 10-12 years. Some say that if you catch it early, you can live for a lot longer. That’s why a website like Tarrant County is so helpful for you to study. It offers specific HIV services that are done in person and also, consultations can take place online for a brief time. The face to face meeting will be just 30 minutes. They can do all the preliminary tests on your first meeting and they will get back to you with the results. 

Not getting enough sleep

At first, when you miss a couple of sleeping hours a day, you won’t feel much. After about a month of doing this, you will definitely feel a change. You start to become more tired, your body feels more aches and pains than usual and you begin to see that your bruises and or cuts, don’t heal as fast. Maybe you can see that spots don’t vanish as quickly as they once did either. This is all part and parcel of a gradually weakened immune system due to a lack of sleep. Your body isn’t getting enough time to repair your muscle tissue, nerves, ligaments, fibers, and more. Your body will replace old white blood cells with new blood cells during your deepest sleep stage. This occurs every single night. But if you don’t get enough sleep, you won’t sink into this part of your sleep and thus, be constantly short on a fresh supply of hard-fighting white blood cells.

Not enough sun!

In these trying times, we’re riding out how important sunlight actually is. It’s been found that vitamin D is something that helps to fight the coronavirus pandemic quite well. Our immune system is booted as our cells become rich in dances that fight off the virus. However, unless you are taking a supplement, you should be getting at least 30 minutes of sunshine every single day. Just half an hour of direct sunshine and your skin will immediately be revitalized and allowed to carry out the processes that will make it strong. 

Sunlight helps to boost your T-cell count, which is the exact cell that is used to detect nf fight off a virus. You can eat food with vitamin D, such as red meat, oily fish and eggs. You can take a pill as a supplement but there’s nothing like the real thing. Put some sunscreen on and get some direct sunshine on your arms, face and throat. Vitamin D will also help you to breathe deeper and easier, as it relaxes your skin cells. With less surface tension you feel revitalized and happier.

A weak immune system is very dangerous and can lead to multiple factors harming your health that wouldn’t otherwise pose a threat. Something as simple as the common cold can become a danger to you. So get 8 hours of sleep, some sunshine and try to relieve your stress to keep a fighting-fit immune system.

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