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Monday, April 28, 2014
Absence of Microbes May Increase Allergies/Asthma
Did you know that microbes may be the cause of your allergies and asthma? And not in good way either. Past research indicated that people of lower socioeconomic status are more prone to asthma, allergies, and other inflammatory disorders. Now, a new study suggests this may be because individuals are more likely to live in urban areas, reducing their exposure to "healthy microbes" in rural settings. Researchers have coined this occurrence as the "hygiene hypothesis", in which populations in richer Western countries are more prone to chronic inflammation because they have become too clean. This hypothesis explores the idea that some microbes and infections combine to abolish inflammation in the immune system and that reducing exposure to these may lead to health problems. The team currently researching this says this idea may explain why individuals of a low socioeconomic status are more prone to inflammatory disorders - they cannot afford to live in rural settings, therefore they have reduced exposure to rural microbes. This is a very interesting article, and it contradicts everything that has been said about how microbes are the cause of asthma and allergies. This really helps me a lot because I have both of those conditions, and it may be because I'm not exposing myself to rural microbes. This article should help a lot of people who have asthma and allergies.
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Interesting! Funny thing, before I would always hear that after living for a couple of years in Albuquerque you would start to get allergies. Now after five years of living here I had allergies this spring. To be honest they are terrible and I don't really like to drink medicine so I pretty much just wait them out. Once in a while they get really bad and I have to take an allergy pill. I thought it was weird how some microbes are "healthier" than in other areas and it all depends on the type of area you live in. It's really sad that all because someone don't have the amount of money to live in a area where there are "healthier" microbes they are endangered of being exposed to future illness'. Great article Kashif!
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