PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Yes, 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sleep deprivation, also known as sleep insufficiency or sleeplessness, is the condition of not having adequate duration and/or quality of sleep to support decent alertness, performance, and health.

Detailed explanation-3: -When we sleep, our bodies produce a protein called cytokines, which target infection and inflammation, creating an immune response. Our bodies also produce T-cells during sleep, which are white blood cells that play a critical role in our body’s immune response to an infectious disease such as COVID-19.

Detailed explanation-4: -As mentioned previously, it is not only insufficient sleep, but also irregular sleep-wake schedules that can impair health, the immune system, increase inflammation, and perhaps lead to increased vulnerability to viral infections, such as COVID-19.