Researchers in a new study have found that sleeping less than six hours a night reduces the immune response to the vaccine, especially in younger men. This drop in immune response makes the effect of the vaccine almost the same as the amount of corona antibodies about two months after vaccination.
According to the Guardian, researchers at the French National Institute of Health and Medicine in a study examined seven studies on the anti-influenza vaccine and hepatitis A and B, all of which are of viral origin. In this way, they have the antibody response of people who sleep at night 7 to 9 hours They slept with those who at night Less than six hours They were sleeping, they compared.
The result was that a strong link between lack of sleep and reduced immune response due to vaccination was seen in people. This issue in Men It was more obvious and more variable in women, probably due to hormonal fluctuations. Finally, the researchers concluded that the effect of lack of sleep can be as much as the decrease in the antibody response of the Pfizer/Biontech corona vaccine. Two months after injection be
In other words, if a person has not slept enough before receiving the corona vaccine, by receiving the vaccine, he will only receive a level of immune response that is usually seen in the body of people two months after vaccination.
The effect of sleep on the effectiveness of vaccines is greater in younger people
Researchers also say that the effect of lack of sleep on the body’s immune response in people between 18 to 60 years It is more than older people. Yves van Cauter, a professor at the University of Chicago and one of the senior researchers of this study, says that these findings can help people maximize the effectiveness of their vaccinations.
He says that the corona virus vaccine can fluctuate under the influence of many factors such as underlying diseases or gender, but an issue such as sleep can be controlled by people themselves and increase the effect of vaccination.
However, researchers say more research is needed to determine exactly how much sleep is needed to achieve a maximal immune response. The results of this study have been published in the journal Current Biology.
