How sex affects the immune system..?
Almost everything affects the immune system: the presence of diseases, nutrition, sleep, daily routine, and stress. So it's not surprising that sex should also have some effect. But it is impossible to say exactly which one because there is little evidence.
There are studies that confirm that indirect sex is more beneficial. However, there are also negative effects. This does not mean that someone is right and someone is not - just that the effect on the immune system specifically is not particularly pronounced. So don't have sex for health. Just have fun .
Sex raises IgA levels in saliva
In 2004, scientists held conducted a study on a group of 112 students. They were divided according to the frequency of sexual intercourse and determined that those who had sex 1-2 times a week had higher levels of immunoglobulins in saliva than those who did it several times a month. The difference was almost 30%.
On the other hand, not only the amount of immunoglobulins determines the reliability of our immunity. And there have been no other experiments that would confirm this until now.
Sex increases the number of lymphocytes
In the same 2004, 11 men compared several indicators of the activity of the immune system before and after orgasm. As it turned out, the amount of biologically active substances (interleukins and tumor neurosis factor) did not change, but the content of lymphocytes temporarily increased.
No generalized conclusions and recommendations on how to use this information have been received from scientists. So it is unlikely that these changes somehow affected general health.
Sex lowers cortisol levels
But this is serious: chronic stress is dangerous for us. It affects the entire body, including weakening the immune system. You can measure its severity with a blood test for cortisol: the more the hormone, the worse. And sex fights stress and lower cortisol levels. So it indirectly helps us resist harmful factors.
Sex improves sleep
The body governs immunity with the help of cells and proteins. If sleep is disturbed, then the balance of these agents changes, and the immune response worsens. Also, lack of sleep causes chronic stress, which, as we have already written, further weakens the immune system.
Sex can help to cope with problems. During orgasm, thrown outa cocktail of various hormones is released into the bloodstream, which gives us peace of mind and improves sleep.
Sex can be physical
It is clear that this is not about any sex. To be honest, with a conditional run, in general, rare sex can be compared. But in any case, you have lost more calories than just sitting in front of the TV. And if you lengthen the foreplay, dance, kiss and fool around, you may be able to replace the conditional Pilates.
Physical activity are pumping our resistance
> Breathing quickens, so viruses and bacteria are pushed out of the respiratory tract.
> Blood flow is accelerated, so the cells and proteins of the immune system quickly reach the places where they need to fight strangers.
> A short-term increase in temperature can prevent the growth of bacteria.
> The amount of adrenaline in the blood increases, which helps fight diseases.
Sex sometimes impairs immunity
There could be an enticing headline here: "Men who change partners often have worse immunity than their more faithful counterparts." Some of the research is true exists, but the subjects were fruit flies, small fruit flies. So it's probably not worth drawing parallels.
But immunity from sex can really suffer. For example, when infected with sexually transmitted infections, and especially with the human immunodeficiency virus. So never forget to take precautions.
Well, immunity always falls- fortunately, temporarily - in women during pregnancy. So sex can also be blamed for this.
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