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  1. Lack of sleep: Can it make you sick? - Mayo Clinic

    Certain cytokines need to increase when you have an infection or inflammation, or when you're under stress. Sleep deprivation may decrease production of these ...

  2. Primary immunodeficiency - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Primary immunodeficiency disorders — also called primary immune disorders or primary immunodeficiency — weaken the immune system, allowing infections and ...

  3. Understanding Immune System Health

    And the. Mediterranean way of eating in particular seems to lead to a low rate of diet-related disease. In addition, the. Mediterranean diet improves the number ...

  4. Primary immunodeficiency - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Frequent infections could mean you have an immune system disorder. The conditions in this category are usually caused by genetic changes.

  5. Common variable immunodeficiency - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Common variable immunodeficiency, also called CVID, is an immune system disorder that causes low levels of the proteins in the body that help fight infections.

  6. HIV/AIDS - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    HIV damages the immune system so that the body is less able to fight infection and disease. If HIV isn't treated, it can take years before it weakens the immune ...

  7. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Understand the symptoms and treatment of this common viral infection that can cause health problems for babies and people who have weakened immunity.

  8. Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Low levels of the cells that help blood clot, also known as platelets, most often cause the bleeding. Once known as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, ITP can ...

  9. Vasculitis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    An inflammation of the blood vessels, vasculitis may thicken and weaken blood vessel walls. If blood flow is restricted, organ damage can occur.

  10. Herd immunity and COVID-19: What you need to know - Mayo Clinic

    So keeping at least 95% of people vaccinated against the measles virus is a public health goal. At that level, people who can't get the vaccine, such as ...