How Can Exercise Boost Your Immune System?

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JAKARTA - Regular exercise can improve the immune system so that the body can fight viral or bacterial infections, as was done by COVID-19 patients who were treated at the Emergency Hospital (RSD) Wisma Atlet Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.

Every morning, they do gymnastics to maintain fitness and increase endurance. If immunity increases, it can help cure COVID-19 patients.

So, how can exercise boost the immune system?

Related to this, the professor of sports education from Arizona State University, Daniel Landers said, when a person exercises, hormones such as adrenaline, serotonin, dopamine, and endorphins in the body will increase.

Now, an increase in these hormones can make the immune system stronger, and keep yourself away from stress, give you a feeling of joy and so on.

In line with Landers, primary care sports medicine doctor at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute, Los Angeles, Joshua Scott also said that exercise can increase the immune response.

"Regular exercise can increase the immune response and increase markers of immunity", said Scott, quoted by VOI from Reuters.

These enhanced markers include Interleukin 6, a protein that helps the body respond to injury.

A 2019 scientific review also found that moderate-intensity exercise can prevent a person from developing upper respiratory tract infections (ARI).

Therefore, doing regular exercise in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is very important so that the body can avoid infections and various diseases.