Prescribing Holidays Could Help Fight Infections

Leisure to boost immunity

Lingering on a beach could boost our immunity and thus prove to be good for health. Researchers are inspecting if recommending holidays, listening to songs or an alteration of scene may trigger better immunity and help humans fight against diseases.

They ran test on mice where they found that by making their space of living neater and smarter looking, with the help of toys, colourful vivid boxes or a wheel for running, could create marvels for their T cells. T cells play a vital role in immunity and help in protecting the body against foreign substances that enter the body and hamper with the system. Researchers from Queen Mary University in London alleged that the same situation should be set up for human trials.

In their research, the mice residing in enhanced environments of a bigger cage with ample stimulations in comparison with old cages which are simple were discovered to be better fighters against diseases and infections. Greater levels of molecules those are good at reacting to infections originated in their white blood corpuscles.

'Holiday resort'

The lead researcher at QMUL, Prof Fulvio D’Acquisto said that the effect seen is noteworthy as there have been no drugs administered for the study. All they did was changed their housing assembly. One could say that the team had just put the mice in the same of their holiday inn for 14 days and observed them while they let them revel in their new and interesting environment.

In a different test conducted on mice having diseases, he found out that even minute changes in bedding had some effect on their well-being Providing them with blankets of better quality and offer a more relaxed sleeping environment indicated that their illness was reduced from 4 days to only 2 days.

With regards to the immune system in humans, it is yet not known how the surrounding we exist in has an effect in the primary defence mechanism in the body to fight against diseases. But what is believed is that aspects such as contamination, site, mental state and social prominence could also have a role to play.

Body boost

Prof D’Acquisto also states that researches display that there is some sort of connection between immune and emotional response. As of now no one is aware of how this works but a concept is that an increased degree of emotions can boost the performance of bone marrow, which in return gets greater nutrients, thus improving the body’s immunity.

He suggests that people should consider what they can do to reason their emotions and to not pretend that everyone is the same. People should not try to suppress their personality and should accept the differences and question what can they do to make themselves happier than they are and whether they should make some changes for the way they live?

Whether it is a stroll on the beach or by even a small thing which is rejuvenating, Prof D’Acquisto is curious to find out if the health of patients could be enhanced by creating minute changes to our surrounding.