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Transferable to Corona? Those who play the following social roles are less susceptible to colds

2021-11-03T14:13:15.342Z


There are a number of factors that determine whether someone is susceptible to disease. Researchers have now found that the number of social roles has an immense impact.


There are a number of factors that determine whether someone is susceptible to disease.

Researchers have now found that the number of social roles has an immense impact.

  • Are you a grandma, wife, sister, colleague, godmother and best friend?

    This could have a positive effect on your risk of a cold.

  • Researchers have now figured out

    how many social roles one should have in order for the immune system to keep the cold virus in check as well as possible

    .

  • This aspect could even have a positive effect with regard to a coronavirus infection.

How resilient a person is depends on many factors.

For example, US researchers found that people who sleep around eight hours a night, exercise more than twice a week and drink alcohol less than once a day are less susceptible to the cold virus *.

You should also avoid stress

if you don't want to get sick.

The psychologist Sheldon Cohen came to the conclusion in a study that chronic stress increases the risk of colds.

And Cohen also came to astonishing results with regard to social integration.

Well armed against cold viruses: So many social roles are health-promoting

A stable social network not only has a positive effect on our mood: it has been proven that good friends and intact family ties strengthen heart health.

Socially involved people even live longer than lonely ones, as the study shows.

The researchers' assumption: People who play many social roles experience social pressure in a positive sense:

They are integrated into a social network for which they want / have to be there and accordingly take better care of themselves

than people who are socially isolated Life.

According to Cohen, this results in the former group enjoying better mental and physical health.

24Vita.de * reveals five reasons why "> people tend to be prosocial.

Survey on the common cold

In Cohen's experiment on 276 healthy volunteers, it was shown that the more social roles they played in their lives, for example as parents, partners, friends, volunteers or colleagues, the less susceptible they were to cold viruses (in this case rhinoviruses).

Six or more social roles were perfect

. People with one to three social roles were 4.2 times more likely to develop cold symptoms than those who played six or more roles. The experience of social support is a universal stress buffer and goes hand in hand with a lower level of inflammation markers (cytokines), the portal Spektrum.de quotes study author Sheldon Cohen. So-called "cytokine storms" have been observed in Covid-19 patients - an uncontrolled release of proteins that promote an overreaction of the immune system. So social isolation favors a cytokine storm? Cohen emphasizes that the results of his study are not directly transferable to Covid-19, but only provide clues.

(jg) * Merkur.de and 24Vita.de belong to the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editorial network

.

Did you get it?

As a rule, only sleeping a lot and drinking tea can help against colds.

But warmth also has a positive effect and helps the body to recover.

With the infrared heater from Beurer (commercial link) you can not only treat colds, but also ear, nose and throat diseases and neck and back pain.

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Source: merkur

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