The coronavirus epidemic in Wuhan is intensifying. Post-mortem reports found that some patients died of respiratory organ failure because their own immune cells were attacking the lungs. But why do human immune cells attack their own organs?
Dr. Chia Boon Tat, one of the founders of Freshwerkz Pte Ltd, said that the coronavirus attack in three stages: In the first stage, the coronavirus invades lung cells, replicates itself and causes lung cells to die. Debris and fluid from dead cells fill the airways, causing pneumonia.
In the second stage, the body’s immune system responds to the invading virus by removing damage and repairing lung cells. But when the immune system is not working properly, immune cells everything in its path, including healthy tissue. This causes more debris to clog the lungs and worsens the pneumonia.
In the third stage, the blood vessels weakened, and the liquid penetrated into the air sac, causing it to greatly reduce its ability to transport oxygen to the blood, and eventually causing death by respiratory failure.
Dr. Chia said that when the immune system is working well, the immune cells respond to the severity of the infection, but in some patients, their immune system attacks healthy tissue by mistake. Why?
“The answer lies in the gut.” He said that the gut is home to a large number of microorganisms called the gut flora. This flora affects many aspects of the human body, from metabolism to the cardiovascular system to the nervous system. What’s more, the gut flora plays a vital role in maintaining a healthy immune system.
“The immune system affects the composition of the intestinal flora, and the intestinal flora affects the development of the immune system.” Dr. Chia said, “Only a healthy intestinal flora can effectively “teach” the immune system to differentiate between good and bad bacteria. “
In other words, if a person’s intestinal flora is imbalanced, it will cause the immune system to lose the ability to distinguish between “good and bad”. When the virus attacks the body, the immune system will not be able to respond properly, and may even attack healthy tissue, causing a variety of autoimmune diseases.
Therefore, in order for the immune system to recognize good or bad bacteria, one must maintain a healthy gut. Dr. Chia said that usually an unhealthy gut is due to the imbalance of the intestinal flora, i.e. there are not enough good bacteria in the intestine, or there are not enough types.
He said that the best way to increase the number and type of probiotics in the intestine is to let the probiotics enter the intestine and effectively multiply to adjust the intestinal microecological balance. A healthy intestine helps boost immunity, as 70% of the body’s immune cells are in the intestine.
“ProVie G is our earliest product to market. Besides being a probiotic, it also contains prebiotics, as well as fermented bitter gourd and moringa.” Dr. Chia continued, “Prebiotics help increase good probiotics, and the introduction of good bacteria will enhance the intestinal environment, not only by increasing the number of good bacteria, but also increasing the diversity of good bacteria, and creating a balanced gut”.
In addition, moringa is a plant well documented to improve immunity. Moringa leaves can reduce cholesterol. Bitter gourd in ProVie G can keep blood sugar at a healthy level. By fermenting bitter gourd and moringa, prebiotics were produced, further enhancing intestinal health. So ProVie G not only improves immunity, but also effectively regulates metabolic conditions.