Allergies are on the increase – a third of the populace believe that they suffer from allergies, and even though a few of those individuals can be confused, everybody agrees that asthma, eczema, hay fever, irritable bowel syndrome, etc., are now increasingly more common. So, what’s happened? It’s often unclear why a person has a propensity to be sensitive or allergic to a range of substances.
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Medical professionals discuss’atopic individuals’ – atopic means’out of place’. To the unknowing this appears to be a medical diagnosis, but actually it all means is: You have a tendency to have allergies; you might have a number of unique symptoms brought on by your allergic reactions; this frequently runs in families; we do not understand why. Describing someone as an atopic person isn’t saying anything the person doesn’t already know about himself!
Allergy problems undoubtedly do run in families, so there might be a genetic component, even though the specific mechanism isn’t clearly understood. Some tiny genetic mutation may cause the immune system to be triggered more easily, so that relatives sharing this mutation will have a propensity to allergic reactions, but not necessarily to the exact substances, but this doesn’t explain the growth in the prevalence of allergies lately.
Virale Infektion
A severe virus infection may result in damage to the immune system, so the person is more likely to develop allergies later on. Again, though this may explain why someone has allergies, the incidence of virus infections isn’t on the rise. So we must look elsewhere to explain the increase, and there are several completely different chances. One allergy theory now being suggested is the absence of the appropriate enemies (liver fluke, tapeworms, etc.) has resulted in an idle immune system discovering inappropriate work in allergies.
Antikörper
There are numerous antibodies produced in the body to protect it against invasion by harmful organisms. IgE antibodies deal effectively and quickly with the extreme threat of disease by large parasites, like tapeworms. Parasites’ impact on health can be devastating, so over the years people with effective IgE mechanisms have lived to reproduce and pass on their genes at a higher rate than individuals with a less effective IgE mechanism.
The IgE antibodies are also involved in allergic and hypersensitivity reactions, so individuals with these inherited effective IgE mechanisms are more likely to suffer allergy problems than those who have inherited a less effective system. This super-charged immune system was a plus for an asthma sufferer’s remote ancestors inhabiting a world that has many life-threatening parasites, but now contributes to a’trigger-happy’ immune system showing off inappropriately.
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Other professionals (especially Hulda Clark in’Cure For All Diseases’) take the opposite view, and see many allergy symptoms as being a response to an infestation of parasites. The obsession with the threat of’germs’ is considered to have resulted in a rise in allergies. Much of the obsession with cleanliness appears to be driven by the media and advertising. Headlines about’killer bugs’, and ads that claim a product kills much more germs have led many people to buy a growing number of goods to wipe out these dangerous enemies.
A view now gaining ground among many researchers and some doctors is that a certain degree of dirt is good for us, especially during infancy and early childhood once the immune system is aging. T-helper cells from the immune system recognise foreign antigens and secrete substances to activate other cells to resist the invader. In pregnancy the T-helper cells that attack invaders directly without generating antibodies (Th1 cells) are less active, as these can lead the mother’s system to reject the foetus.
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It follows that the T-helper cells which are responsible for antibody reactions (Th2 cells) are more prominent. These are those which are involved in allergic reactions. The new baby’s immune system has the exact same emphasis as the mother’s had during pregnancy. It’s thought that the vulnerability of the very young to a level of’dirt’ is valuable since it helps to rebalance the immune system to emphasise the T-helper cells that aren’t involved in the allergy procedure.
In an exceptional post (‘New Scientist’ July 18th 1998) Garry Hamilton talks about’the milder side of germs’. If the young aren’t exposed to’dirt’, the immune system doesn’t proceed through this rebalancing process, and a propensity to allergy can lead to. Linda Gamblin in’The Allergy Bible’ cites several medical research projects, which support the notion of allowing children to be exposed to dirt and minor ailments to help protect against allergies.
Schlussbemerkung
People are consuming more pre-processed foods, which might be nutritionally compromised. Soil has become depleted of several minerals, since they have been consumed by plants grown in the soil. If the mineral isn’t in the soil, it can’t be from the plant, and therefore it’s not available in the foods we eat . It’s unlikely that there’s one easy answer as to why people are allergic, sensitive or intolerant generally or to specific substances. Research is still being carried out in this fascinating place. Fortunately with the resources that are available it’s not necessary to understand why someone has allergies issues so as to have the ability to detect and fix them.
