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We\u2019re writing this on the 10th of April and as of today, things are looking grim. We take solace in the fact that researchers across the world are racing the clock to come up with a cure or vaccination of the dreaded coronavirus induced COVID-19 or SARS CoV-2. It is interesting to note that something mere nanometers in size, has us all scrambling to lock ourselves indoors in an attempt to avoid getting the infection. 
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Amidst all the media noise, some important facts seem to have gone unnoticed. Healthcare professionals seem to agree that in a majority of the cases, assuming the individual is healthy and has no underlying conditions, your innate immunity alone may help you fight the disease off with minimal medical intervention. So far, a big chunk of the positive cases only got a mild infection and some even managed to stay at home and fight it out themselves.
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This means that if your immune system is in top shape, you have excellent chances of beating COVID. And that brings us to the most abundantly Googled question in present times. HOW DO WE BOOST OUR IMMUNITY?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is immunity?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Immunity is any system\u2019s or organism\u2019s ability to identify, resist and react to infections and toxins. In the human body, Your white blood cells are the most important part of your immunity system, and out of them, the Leukocytes are the most vital. Each type of WBC has a specific function from remembering the pathogen or toxin to attacking the pathogen and then empowering the body to produce the same reaction each time in the future. 
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In general, our immunity is of three types.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innate immunity – This is the basic immunity that you\u2019re born with. Often your innate immunity is what protects you from everyday pathogens and even new pathogens.
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Adaptive immunity – This is the immunity you develop in the course of life. As you grow, you come into contact with more and more pathogens\/toxins and that teaches the immune system to react a certain way.
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Passive immunity – Passive immunity is often short term and is a sort of borrowed immunity. A good example of this is a mother passing on some antibodies to her infant through breastmilk. Until such time as the infant\u2019s body is capable of fighting for itself, the antibodies in his mother\u2019s milk will do the job for him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immunity Against Coronavirus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This isn\u2019t just a coronavirus, this is a Novel Coronavirus, which means that it is new to us.  It just got its genes sequenced and we\u2019re still in the process of understanding and researching this new coronavirus strain. As of now, we have enough clinical evidence to say that like SARS and MERS, to other severe infections caused by other strains of coronaviruses, COVID too is something that affects your lungs. 
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As per studies conducted on COVID patients, it has become known that your body produces two a bi-phased immune response to the novel Coronavirus. During the initial or the incubation or non-severe phase, a kind of adaptive immune response to prevent the disease from progressing into a worse stage is seen. This is where your immunity will be tested. For most healthy individuals, this will be the stage where your body starts presenting flu-like symptoms, accompanied by distinctive COVID symptoms like dry cough, difficulty to breathe, loss of sense of taste and smell, etc.
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If at this phase, your immune system is impaired and thereby, fails to prevent progression into a more severe stage, much damage will happen. Your lung tissues will be hit first, subsequently, other organs too will be affected. Affected cells then get inflamed and lung inflammation is what turns the infection fatal in most cases.
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So what most doctors understand is that if the body is able to put up a good immune response during the early stages of the infection, it is highly unlikely that the infection will progress to a life-threatening case. And that\u2019s why boosting your immunity is probably your best chance to fight the SARS-CoV-2. With the number of positive cases rising as we speak, it could reach a point where healthcare systems are overwhelmed by the sheer volume of patients. If you start working towards improving your immunity, you could be lucky enough to fight this off at home with minimal medical support.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easy Ways To Boost Your Immunity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We could write an entire book on how to boost immunity but let\u2019s begin with a simple fact – Too much immunity may not be good. Immunity helps you best when maintained at an optimal level. Too much or too little is not good for any system. So, let\u2019s look at some ways to improve your immunity, especially to fight off the novel coronavirus that\u2019s wreaking havoc across the globe. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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