You don't have a Low Immunity! Do you?

Do you fall sick very frequently?

Do you have episodes of fever every other month?

Do you have frequent throat pain followed by cough and cold?

If yes, you must have been told by someone that you have a low immunity!! Right??

WRONG!!

You don't have a low immunity!

Infact you have a hyperreactive immune system!!

How and why?

Lets get into the details!!

So what does our immune system do? It primarily protects you from the bacteria and viruses that keep invading your body! Our immune system keeps fighting these invaders 24×7. And it is amazing how we don't even come to know about it! But sometimes we have to be a part of the war! And by being a part of the war I mean, falling sick! All the symptoms that you feel while you are sick have a purpose to serve!

While fighting against the bacteria and viruses if your immune system cannot fight off these invaders, they gain access to your blood and internal organs. And that is where the fight turns into a WAR. And you know war is something big!

And having fever, bodyache, loss of appetite... are the RED FLAGS of war that your immune system has started! All these symptoms have a purpose!

1)  Fever creates an environment unsuitable for the survival of bacteria and viruses. As they can't survive or replicate at higher temperatures.

2) Bodyache- restricts your physical activities and makes you slow down, to conserve your energy! Because there is a war inside and your immune system needs energy to keep fighting!

3) Loss of appetite- your body does not want to have meals that are heavier to digest. It just allows you to take minimum. Because digestive tract functions are not important right now! The War is more important!

So I guess you must have got the clues to where we are going!

Yes.. so if you have frequent fevers, frequent illnesses , you don't have a low immunity. Either your immune system is hyperreactive or you are getting attacked by bacteria and viruses more frequently. Either by the food you are consuming or by the air you are inhaling or the type of work you are doing!

For example if you are regularly consuming food from unhygienic places you are likely to get stomach infections more frequently!

If you are staying in overcrowded spaces or poorly ventilated spaces, you are likely to get respiratory infections more frequently.

If you are working in a hospital, you are more likely to get the communicable diseases more frequently. And likewise!

So what's the way out for your frequent illness!!

1) Change your habits

2) Change your surroundings

And 3) Improve your food quality.

So I'm pretty sure you are now convinced you don't have a low immunity!!

Do comment if you have been ever told by someone "you have a low immunity".