This is the reason why sleep is the best medicine for you, if you are attacked by cold and flu

News24xx.com - If you have a cold or cough, you don't need to rush to find a drug for it. Often these diseases can heal itself hust by increasing the time for us to rest or sleep. So how could sleep help our body fight cough and cold?

A recent study by German researchers saw that this seems to be related to the workings of the immune system. Study led by Stoyan Dimitrov of the University of Tubingen said that sleep can increase the ability of certain immune cells. The effect of immune cells becomes more effective in finding and destroying cells infected by the viruses.

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Normally immune cells called T cells work by activating a sticky protein called integrin to attach to the diseased cell. But in everyday life due to lack of sleep, stress, and problems with hormonal imbalances make T cells become difficult to activate sticky proteins.

Well, resting with enough sleep in studies can help T cells get their ability back. "So getting enough sleep every night and avoiding chronic stress could heal those diseases" Stoyan was quoted as saying by Reuters on Monday, February 18th 2019.

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