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Exercise can easily damage the immune function of the elderly

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Exercise can easily damage the immune function of the elderly

 

  because elderly During strenuous exercise, the body will produce more hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol. When these hormones increase to a certain amount, the ability of the spleen in the immune organ to produce white blood cells will be greatly reduced, resulting in a greatly reduced activity of A cells and B cells in lymphocytes.

  Generally speaking, the decrease in immunity after strenuous exercise lasts for about 1 hour, and it takes 24 hours to return to the original level. At this time, you are more susceptible to infection by germs and viruses. cold , pneumonia, gastrointestinal infections disease

  Therefore, sports for the elderly exercise It should be moderate, and the standard should be to feel full of energy and not feel tired after exercise.

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