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Does sleep help you fight off infections?

Updated: 9/14/2023
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AustinWii

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Not per say ... but fighting infections requires a considerable amount of metabolic energy, more than you'd think, and you require sleep to compensate.

Not to mention the confusion that being febrile causes.

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