Sentences with phrase «weakened immune response»

In addition to disease, conventional treatments, such as radiation and chemotherapy also weaken immune responses.

Cancer patients with weakened immune responses have exhibited significant decreases in stress and anxiety which contribute both to a positive emotional response as well as physiological.

These foods, commonly GMO crops, disturb the balance of beneficial bacteria present in the gut leading to gastrointestinal disturbances and a weakened immune response.

Another possible factor is that parasitic infections might weaken the immune response to HIV.

The weakened immune response would explain the rate of disease seen in the Leicester TB outbreak.

Steven Pavletic, who heads the Graft - versus - Host and Autoimmunity Section at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, says the standard treatments — corticosteroids such as prednisone — «carpet bomb» the immune system, causing a host of side effects and weakening the immune response to potentially deadly infections.

In the bats, STING had mutated, weakening the immune response.

In the current study, subjects who had the most negative emotional responses, as determined by high activity in the right prefrontal lobe, had fewer antibodies — a sign of a weakened immune response, the team reports online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

It seems as though invasion - front toads have weakened immune responses — that seems to be a likely reason why they are so vulnerable to the arthritis - and we are following up this lead with studies on how toads react to infection in terms of their behaviour and physiology (by Dave Llewelyn) as well as looking at the actual processes by which they combat infection.

«If you have a lot of Tregs in the environment, they weaken your immune response.

On top of that, lifestyle factors, including stress, obesity, heavy alcohol drinking, and poor hygiene, can all weaken your immune response and lead to more frequent infections, Dr. Boffetta notes.

Lack of sleep decreases the activity of T - cells (a crucial type of immune cell) and weakens our immune response to vaccines.

You see, when you have psoriasis you may have a weakened immune response and have various other dysfunctions such as hormonal or digestive that can make you more prone to other auto - immune illnesses, an increased chance of infections and also a higher risk of food allergies or food sensitivities.

It has been linked to increased calorie consumption, weight gain, weakened immune response, reduced sex drive, and an elevated risk of chronic conditions like heart disease, stroke, and Alzheimer's.

Those with chronic stress were found to have a weakened immune response to the vaccine, indicating that stress may be associated with decreased immunity (10).

Whether your cough is triggered by a weakened immune response exacerbated by stress or caused by infection, aromatherapy can provide you tremendous relief.

Veterinarians believe the repeated inflammation and the tissue scarring it creates causes the dog's weakened immune response to compensate, putting the dog at high risk for diabetes.

According to Warner, allergies can weaken the immune response and create an environment for bacterial or fungal growth, which can make a simple itching problem worse.