“Ah!” Uncle Wang finally caught a cold as he wished.
Uncle Wang is 56 years old this year. A month ago, I saw on the Internet that experts said that people who do not catch colds all year round actually have not exercised their immune systems, their immunity is particularly poor, and they are especially prone to serious illnesses cancer.
Uncle Wang was very frightened after seeing it. After thinking about it, he has not had a cold for nearly 30 years. I used to think that my body was okay, but now I think about it, but I feel that my body is healthy. very weak.
So Uncle Wang thought of a way to catch a cold, turned on the air conditioner very low at night, did not cover the quilt, and took a cold shower for three or four days. , he sneezed as he wished and started a fever.
I didn’t think about it, but the cold became more and more uncontrolled. Uncle Wang gradually developed symptoms of high fever and difficulty breathing. When he went to the hospital for examination, the doctor found that Uncle Wang’s lungs had turned white and had a serious infection. Pneumonia, and there is a nodule in the lungs, highly suspected of lung cancer!
Seeing the result, Uncle Wang was dumbfounded. Didn’t he say that a cold can fight cancer?
I. People who don’t catch a cold for a long time are more likely to get cancer?
The common cold is familiar to everyone, it is a self-limiting disease, and the body can adjust the immune system to return to normal. There are two types of colds, the common cold and the influenza. Common cold is a common respiratory disease caused by a variety of viruses, while influenza is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by influenza virus.
Which viruses can cause colds? According to statistics, there are hundreds of viruses that can cause colds, including common adenovirus, coronavirus, parainfluenza virus and influenza virus.
“Small illnesses continue, but serious illnesses do not come.” There is a folk saying that people who suffer from minor illnesses and pains have stronger immunity. Really?
Wang Dongxu, Department of Geriatrics, Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine said that some minor illnesses, such as a cold, can indeed mobilize immune cells to resist viruses, to a certain extent Improve immunity. Note, however, that this does not mean making the immune system more active. In fact, people who often have fever and cold often indicate that their immune function is poor and the probability of serious illness is higher.
Second, stop talking about colds and cancer, cancer patients are more dangerous with colds!
For ordinary people, they basically recover in about a week. But for cancer patients, it may be a “deadly” crisis.
Cancer patients are prone to colds because of their weak immune system. At the same time, the patient underwent multiple radiotherapy and chemotherapy during the course of treatment. During chemotherapy, the drug properties cannot identify good and bad cells, and can only kill all tissue cells with one shot, which also causes the vitality of many hematopoietic pluripotent stem cells to decline. In this process, the body’s immunity is low, and pathogens are easily invaded to cause infection.
A common cold is enough to put cancer patients at risk.
When cancer patients have a cold, with the increase of bacterial infection, the inflammation will gradually spread to the lower respiratory tract, causing bacterial or fungal pneumonia, while infection Sexual diseases are one of the common causes of death in cancer patients.
Cancer patients catch a cold during treatment, hematopoietic function declines significantly, which may also affect treatment, and even induce serious interference and accelerate tumor progression.
Speaking of which, since colds can’t fight cancer, why are many “strong people” who don’t catch colds all year round suddenly diagnosed with cancer, but not the weak ones?
3. Why are many strong people suddenly diagnosed with cancer in daily life, but not the weak?
1. The surface is strong, but the immune system is not necessarily strong.
The occurrence of cancer is the result of the interaction of multiple factors and links. Many people’s understanding of a good body is – eat well, sleep well, and have a good spirit. However, this performance is actually not particularly related to immune function. Those who are not easy to get sick may also have a strong “disease”. For example, HPV infection may not be detected until more than ten years later. However, in the early stage, patients often do not have any perception.
2. Strong body, but neglecting physical examination
Strong people often think that minor physical problems are irrelevant, and even think that their body is strong or not. No response is required without significant discomfort. This also leads to the fact that people with strong bodies are not very conscious of physical examinations, and often miss the opportunity to detect cancer.
4. How to properly improve immunity to fight cancer?
What are the ways to improve our body’s immunity? Specifically, we can start from the following five aspects.
1. Insist on exercising
Students, office workers, the elderly, etc. are often in a state of sedentary and little movement. Sitting for a long time will reduce the body’s immunity , increase the risk of chronic diseases such as obesity, hypertension, coronary heart disease, and malignant tumors. Therefore, if you want to improve your immunity, you must make your body “move”. You can choose your favorite sports to start, such as swimming, brisk walking, cycling, aerobics, etc. It is recommended to exercise 30 minutes a day, at least 5 days a week.
2. Maintain a balanced diet
Unreasonable dietary structure, such as excessive salt, high fat, high calorie intake, not only It will reduce the immunity of the body, and it will also cause blood lipids, bloodElevated sugar, etc. Therefore, the diet should ensure a variety of foods, including staple food, vegetables, fruits, fish, poultry, meat, eggs, soy products, etc. It is recommended to consume at least 12 kinds of food per day and 25 kinds of food per week /strong>, to supplement nutrition and meet the body’s needs.
3. Stay away from tobacco and alcohol
Excessive drinking will directly harm the liver and spleen. When the alcohol concentration is too high, it will affect the normal physiological function of immune cells. The same is true of smoking. Thousands of harmful substances in cigarettes are inhaled into the body with breathing, causing irreversible damage to the lungs. Therefore, if you want to improve your immunity, you must start by quitting smoking and drinking alcohol.
4. Routine of work and rest
Staying up late for a long time will also reduce the body’s immunity. Sleep can produce sleep factors, promote the increase of white blood cells in the body, and increase the detoxification function of the liver, thereby eliminating harmful bacteria and viruses. It is recommended to go to bed early and get up early every day, avoid staying up late, go to bed before 11 pm, and ensure seven or eight hours of sleep every day.
5. Maintain a good attitude
Long-term depression, anxiety, depression and other emotions will cause the human body to produce an inhibitory factor, which will directly affect The normal work of immune cells reduces the body’s immunity. It is recommended to learn emotional management. When irritability or anxiety occurs, stop the work at hand, try to take a deep breath, adjust emotions in time, maintain a peaceful mind, and face life positively.
All in all, the strength of immunity has a lot to do with our daily behaviors, so if you can develop good living habits, try your best to. Avoid predisposing factors that weaken immunity.
References:
[1] Editorial Department of this journal. Doing five key points can improve the body’s immunity [J]. Rural Knows, 2020(08):52-54
[2] Whoever gets sick frequently or who doesn’t get sick for a long time has a stronger immune system? .Taiyuan Radio and Television Economics.2021-07-04
[3]Why are strong people suddenly diagnosed with cancer, but weak people are not? .Beijing Yao Medical Hospital.2021-01-04