What should you pay attention to after improving your immunity?

The most important thing to pay attention to after improving immunity is not to treat it as a "gold medal" that can be unlimitedly overdrawn, and not to be overprotective and break the immune balance that was finally established. This thing is not a permanent game buff after hitting it once, but a dynamic fluctuation. Its status will change according to the life status you maintain.

I had a friend who was a marathon runner. He got pneumonia when the season changed two years ago. He followed a nutritionist to adjust his diet and train regularly for more than a year. Last year, people around him even caught the flu and he was fine. The result was acute gastroenteritis with a fever of 39 degrees. I went to the hospital to check that the immunoglobulin G index was 27% lower than the physical examination three months ago. The doctor said that he had finally built a tight immune defense line. He had to go up and remove the bricks, and the pathogenic bacteria that could have been contained suddenly broke through.

Speaking of which, there is a topic that a lot of people are arguing about on the Internet right now, that is, once the immunity is improved, does it mean that there is no need to take various vaccines? I specifically asked my classmates who work in public health. There is indeed no unified conclusion in the industry. Some scholars believe that if the own immune baseline is high enough, common low-pathogenic viruses can indeed be overcome by self-defense, and there is no need to repeatedly inoculate to stimulate immunity. ； But another school of thought is that for viruses that mutate very quickly, such as influenza and COVID-19, no matter how good your immunity is, getting vaccinated is equivalent to showing your immune cells an "enemy's wanted photo" in advance. When you encounter the virus, you will respond much faster and it can also reduce the probability of becoming severe. I myself still got the flu vaccine this year. After all, I have a child who has just started kindergarten at home. Even if I can bear it, I am afraid of bringing the virus back and infecting my children.

Don’t wrap yourself up in a sterile cover just because you think your immunity has finally come up. There is an aunt downstairs who used to have diabetes and was always infected. After adjusting her immune indicators for more than half a year, her immune indicators finally became normal. Her girl wipes the table and floor with chlorine-containing disinfectant every day at home, and sprays disinfectant spray on everything when she comes in. The result is that it didn’t last for two months. My aunt suffered from allergic rhinitis and kept getting urticaria. The doctor who went to see the allergist said that the environment was too clean, and the beneficial bacteria that should coexist with the human body were killed. The immune cells started to attack their own mucosal tissues when they had nothing to do. It was equivalent to raising a bunch of soldiers without fighting for too long, and causing chaos in the city.

In fact, to put it bluntly, your immunity is like a potted plant that you have carefully raised for more than half a year. It has finally grown luxuriantly. You can't just throw it in the sun for a week, or water it with half a bucket of water every day. Just keep the life rhythm that helped you boost your immunity. Occasionally staying up late to eat a heavy oily and spicy meal to satisfy your cravings is totally fine. Don't disrupt your rhythm for a long time, and don't live too cautiously and tiredly. On the contrary, psychological burden will also affect your immune status.