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lack of sleep can affect your immune system. Studies show that people who don't get quality sleep or enough sleep are more likely to get sick after being exposed to a virus, such as a common cold virus. Lack of sleep can also affect how fast you recover if you do get sick.

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Getting insufficient sleep, as well as having a sleep disorder or simply tossing and turning too much, is associated with a greater likelihood of getting a cold or respiratory infection.


Research shows that periods of prolonged stress, and the chronic inflammation that follows, can catalyze a cascade of disease-causing effects.

And in the context of respiratory illnesses like COVID-19, says Fagundes, the consequences can be deadly.

“When you have this over-activation of the inflammatory response in the lungs [during respiratory infections], it turns into pneumonia for some people”


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