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COVID-19 Global Pandemic: Boosting Your Immune Defense with Growth Hormone
The recent global pandemic of Covid-19 (or Coronavirus) has everyone worried about their health and whether their immune system is up to snuff to fight this new evolving disease. However, the most concerned, and most vulnerable, are aging folks and HIV patients.
Both of these groups have compromised or severely deficient immune systems, so do some people with auto-immune diseases. A Covid-19 infection can end their lives, even though the death rate in the grand aggregate is in the low single-digit percentage for mortality. But it's not just Covid-19 either — there are dozens of other infectious microbes out there that can mutate and cause even worse infections than Covid-19. This increases the group of vulnerable people to a considerable degree.
Our immune systems are so crucial in terms of keeping us healthy — we need to ensure we keep them in working order so that we can live long and healthy lives. A significant part of our immune systems is the T-cells (or thymus-derived cells). T-cells are tiny cells that circulate through our bodies, attacking any infected cells (such as cancer cells) or pathogens, such as viruses or bacteria.
Mature T-cells emerge from an organ called the thymus, located just below the breast bone. T-cells are so vital to our health; they are often donated to people in need of them, such as HIV patients.
Immune Function and Growth Hormone
Since T-cells are so incredibly important, ensuring that the manufacture of them remains steady is vital. This is where the thymus and growth hormone comes in. Growth hormone, a hormone produced in the pituitary gland, helps to regulate the function of the thymus.
Scientific research suggests a two-way relationship between the endocrine system and the immune system, with growth hormone being one of its mediators. Organs that are part of the lymph system – spleen and thymus – and peripheral blood produce growth hormone.
Receptors for growth hormone are found on lymphocytes, such as T-cells. Growth hormone boosts the generation of both T and B cells (another type of lymphocyte) as well as immunoglobulin (antibodies).
There is clear communication taking place between the two systems. This exciting relationship has been noted in both in vitro and in vivo human and animal scientific studies.
Unfortunately, as we age and as with other organs, the thymus gland begins to shrink and be replaced by fat, reducing its ability to produce mature T-cells, thus, as we age, we become more vulnerable to autoimmune diseases and infectious agents, such as Covid-19 and other viruses. With our thymus glands shrinking and the risk of disease and infection increasing, scientific researchers have tried to determine the role of growth hormone in immunity and thymic function.
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