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The shock tactics set to shake up immunology
- wu-ikkyu 9y agoI've read a bit about how taking cold showers can supposedly stimulate immune function. I wonder if there is any connection with the "shock" of jumping into a cold shower and the electro shock therapy detailed in the article.
- mavam 9y agoInteresting potential link. When talking about cold showers, I suggest looking up the Wim Hof Method. In addition to cold exposure, this method includes a specific breathing technique based on Tummo meditation: oxygen surplus inhaling combined with subsequent breath holding.
- lpcrealmadrid 9y agosounds like a real-world Chaos Monkey
- sctb 9y agoPrevious discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14263675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14263675
- mtdewcmu 9y ago>> Sympathetic nerves are damaged by over-release of noradrenaline, which causes them to withdraw from the immune cells that they should be moderating. As the disease progresses, these nerves advance back into the tissues that they abandoned — but they do so in abnormal ways, making connections with different subsets of immune cells. These rearranged neural pathways actually maintain inflammation rather than dampen it. That seems to fit eerily well with my experience. I most likely have an autoimmune condition, and, whenever I am sufficiently active to the point where I feel the adrenaline going, afterward I feel feverish and have a malaise. It explains it perfectly if sympathetic activation serves to kick the T cells out and stir up inflammation. I hope they do this research posthaste. I think I can personally benefit.