How does psychological stress affect the body’s immunity to infection?
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Picture a lake that’s normally filled with a bunch of fish. When the lake’s water levels are stable, the fish can swim and enjoy life. But when the lake is disturbed, for example by a storm, the fish are disturbed too. A storm (distress, causing high levels of cortisol) disturbs the water and the fish suffer too (the body’s ability to produce white blood cells is suppressed).
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