What are the benefits of improving immunity

The core benefit is that it helps you build a stronger protective barrier for your body. It can effectively reduce the probability of illness ranging from colds and flus to chronic diseases or even serious illnesses. If you are unfortunate enough to be infected, you can recover faster and suffer less than people with weak immunity.

When the flu broke out last autumn and winter, two girls in my office were infected with the infection on their front and back legs. One girl stayed up late all year eating takeout and had never exercised. She had a fever for 5 days, and then had a recurring cough that took almost three weeks to fully recover. She even had her salary deducted for asking for leave. It was enough to pay one month's rent; the other one insisted on running at night three times a week for a year and tried to bring his own meals. He had a low-grade fever for less than 24 hours, and even the sore throat was not obvious. He returned to work normally on the third day. This is the most intuitive difference in immunity levels.

Of course, don’t think that the higher the immunity, the better. Nowadays, a lot of publicity on the Internet has exaggerated immunity, as if as long as the immunity is high enough, you will not get any disease. This is definitely wrong. The academic community has long had a consensus: the essence of "improving immunity" that we talk about daily is to bring the disordered immune state back to a steady state. If the immunity is too high, it will attack the normal cells as foreign enemies, inducing autoimmune diseases such as lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis, which is not worth the gain.

When it comes to daily life, the benefits of stable immunity can be felt everywhere: when the seasons change, people around you are suffering from allergic rhinitis, sneezing and rubbing their eyes. You may just have a slightly dry nose, and it will heal on its own after drinking warm water for two days; if you accidentally make a small cut when cutting vegetables, it may take three or four days for others to scab away. , you will be almost healed in a day or two; the feeling will be more obvious in middle-aged and elderly people. Elders with stable immunity have a risk of contracting herpes zoster that is more than half that of those with low immunity. Even if they do get sick, the probability of postherpetic neuralgia will be much lower. You must know that the nerve pain can really make you unable to sleep, and many people suffer from pain for more than half a year.

It is not a mystery after all. The biggest advantage of having a good immunity is that you will suffer less and go to the hospital less. Whether you are going to school, work or caring for the elderly, you can have more peace of mind, and you will not have to have your plans interrupted by minor illnesses all day long.