Study says sleeping well can boost vaccine benefits

published in the magazine Current BiologyA meta-analysis study found that people with good sleep quality had a better immune response to vaccination with more antibody production, which can extend the duration of protection.

Much is known about the benefits of sleep for people’s physical and mental health. But can sleep improve the outcomes of the immune response to the vaccine?

With this in mind, an international collaboration between the University of Chicago and the French National Institute of Health and Medicine conducted a survey of research on the subject.

Examining seven studies of the effect of sleep on the immune response after vaccination against viral diseases such as influenza and hepatitis types A and B, researchers found that sleep quality sleep may cause a change in the outcome of vaccination.

Eve Van Cauter, a professor at the University of Chicago and one of the study’s authors, explains that “good sleep can not only prolong vaccine protection, but also prolong it.”

To arrive at these results, the researchers compared gender, age, and sleep times. Some results were quite interesting:

People who got the appropriate amount of sleep between 7 and 9 hours had a better immune response, with greater antibody production lasting up to two months longer than people who slept less than 6 hours a night.

Additionally, men between the ages of 18 and 60 and younger are more likely to get better. inputs are more immune than women and the elderly in these conditions.

Studies will continue, and it is hoped to understand how sleep can be used to boost the immune effect caused by vaccines, to indicate the ideal number of hours, or whether taking a nap after vaccination already has an effect.