Key Highlights
- Understanding why it happens is the first step toward protecting your health.
- What's the reason behind chronic sickness?
- According to doctors, a few common reasons why your immunity levels are always down, and you're under the weather, could be: Overworked immune system While the immune system is known as your body’s shield, it keeps getting invaded due to poor and uninterrupted sleep, inadequate nutrition, and a sedentary lifestyle, over time.
- When the immunity levels get compromised, even minor viruses can make you indisposed Chronic stress and burnout Stress increases your cortisol levels, which suppresses immune responses.
- If you are among those who are more likely to be emotionally or mentally drained, you fall sick more often because your body perpetually stays in “fight or flight” mode instead of repairing itself.
