The immunologist warned about the possible occurrence of autoimmune diseases due to attempts to increase immunity with home-grown methods.
The topic of strengthening immunity in the season of cold and viral infections becomes especially relevant, but excessive efforts in this direction can be dangerous for health. The immunologist talked about what people risk when they make independent attempts to increase immunity with the help of various means, especially biologically active supplements.
An independent and thoughtless increase in immunity leads to autoimmune diseases. The most common such ailment is autoimmune thyroiditis.
Autoimmune thyroiditis is an inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland that mainly affects women. Also, representatives of the female gender are statistically more likely to suffer from another autoimmune disease - rheumatoid arthritis. But if an autoimmune disease occurs in a man's body, it can be more severe, the doctor said.
The doctor emphasized that immunity does not need to be increased - it is enough not to interfere with its functioning.
"Immunity requires a balanced diet, sufficient sleep, a minimum of stress and physical activity," the doctor summarized.