Sentences with phrase «more damaging to the immune system»

The extra radiation in space also weakens the immune system, and it is possible that microgravity and radiation cause more damage to the immune system together than they do separately.

Another Harvard University mouse trial found that social stress is more damaging to the immune system than physical stress.

Not exact matches

This can end up stressing your body out even more, which can lead to weight gain, insomnia, and damage to the immune system, he said.

«We found that in young healthy mice the immune system overreacted to the influenza virus, which led to more inflammation, greater lung damage and increased mortality compared to healthy adults exposed to the virus,» says lead author Bria Coates, MD, Critical Care physician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Although the idea of immunotherapy — activating or boosting the body's natural defenses to fight diseases better — has been around for decades, the molecular keys to unleash the immune system without doing more damage than good have long remained mysterious.

A small percentage of people who do become infected never seem to suffer any harm, and others hold the virus at bay for a decade or more before showing damage to their immune systems.

Meanwhile, the six subjects continue to suffer from severely damaged immune systems, and they are likely to be more vulnerable to disease for the rest of their lives.

Captive orcas may also be more susceptible to these diseases, the scientists say, because they suffer from sunburn and broken, damaged teeth (as can be seen in the photo above of Keto), which weaken their immune systems.

Research from the Klessig lab shows that HMGB3 signals to the plant immune system when tissues are damaged and makes plants more resistant to certain infections.

Think of autoimmune conditions as the immune system going haywire and confusing your own body tissue as an enemy it needs to attack, creating tissue damage and more inflammation.

These include altered and / or decreased immune system function (possibly linked to infections and allergies), collagen loss (think wrinkles), decreased muscle synthesis, increased abdominal fat, bone breakdown, decreased intestinal immunity (possibly leading to GI infections), damage to the lining of the intestines (or leaky gut syndrome), increased stomach acid secretion (think heartburn and ulcers), hippoacampus destruction (leading to problems with circadian rhythm, memory, and causing a feed - forward vicious stress cycle), increased blood pressure, thyroid hormone imbalances, «shutdown» of the reproductive system (possibly leading to miscarriage or infertility), and more.

As you can see, immune systems change with age and they are altered in more than one — susceptibility to infection increases AND tissue damage due to immune system over-activity goes up as well.

In instances of higher turnover of cells seen with excess oxidative damage due to iodine excess and selenium deficiency, more antibodies are produced, and an immune system shift can be induced, resulting in the failure to recognize self from non-self.

«Small injuries to the vascular wall that can be caused by anything from high blood pressure to toxins attract all sorts of metabolic riff - raff, from bacteria to oxidized (damaged) LDL particles; the immune system sends inflammatory cytokines to the area, and more oxidation and inflammation takes place eventually resulting in the growth of plaque and, ultimately, to an increased risk for heart disease.

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The immune system starts to attack the thyroid more aggressively (symptoms of anxiety, palpitations, irritability as the damaged thyroid releases hormone into the bloodstream).

An overabundance of bad bacteria also produces harmful chemicals that damage your gut lining, prompting your immune system to recruit even more immune cells to the area.

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The more alcohol that you drink, the more damage that occurs to your immune system.

Because cats are smaller than most dogs and because their immune systems are more sensitive to the presence of heartworms, each worm causes significantly more damage in a cat.

The FIV virus damages your cat's immune system and makes him more likely to get other types of infections.

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