Music's affect on the immune system

Music has various effects on the body such as brain waves, memory, learning, breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, body movement, and coordination.  Although, that is not all it affects because it also affects the immune system, but how many people truly would think that?  Music is able to raise immune markers in your system, which creates antibodies to fight the disease.  After a while, the body is able to recognize certain types of music (specifically classical music) as immune boosting and will continue to improve the immune system.  The immune system is in your body to fight off infectious diseases and keep a person healthy, therefore music helps contribute to a reduction in factors responsible for illness. 

To be more specific on how exactly music boosts the immune system, I will scientifically break down how it is done.  “They found that levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, decreased significantly in those listening to the dance music compared to the control group. After listening, the levels of the antibody immunoglobin A, the immune system's first line of defense, were heightened.”  Therefore, stress hormone levels that weaken the immune system are decreased when exposed to music.  It has not been proved yet that different types of music would have different results, but studies have shown that personal preference for a type of music could influence the stress reducing impact it has.  After seeing the huge impact music has on health in the human body wouldn't  it make sense to use it?

Since music has such an impact on the human body (immune system) it makes sense that the world should take this to their advantage and use it.  They can do this by playing music throughout the day in a hospital or any building that involves sick people and healing.  Music is played in most hospitals, but this usually takes place in lobbies or waiting areas.  Whereas, the music should be played in the room were the sick people are, unless of course the patient in the room doesn’t want music played.  Why do this?  “In a separate, unpublished, study they also found that playing music while a patient was under anesthetic during an operation also helped to lower the levels of harmful stress hormones.”  Overall, listening to music in hospitals shows benefits for patients and lead to shorter recovery time.  This is because music leads to psychological changes, leading to stress reduction and direct immune improvement.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2569640/Music-can-boost-your-immune-system.html