Stress affects the immune system in two ways, physically and psychologically. One question you might ask yourself is, how does the body remain in good condition in response to physical and/or psychological stress? Looking at the immune system and its organs, “it contains billions of immune functioning cells’(HPC). The peripheral immune system protects the blood, lymph nodes, and spleen, while the endocrine system assists the Central Nervous System by producing hormones; and releasing the relevant ones that keeps us living. The most important protectors are the white blood cells that scan through the blood and tissue, to search for bacteria and viruses. “The white blood cells function is to begin the immune response” (HPC). Indirect and direct
