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Allergies are fire alarms.Read the article this discussion is about
This archived discussion is "read only". « Previous 1 2 Next » » biogardener - Generational Right, except that everyone in the family may be allergic to something different and may have different symptoms. Allergies are a sign of a sensitive immune system. I remember my maternal grandfather having a slight nose drip late in life. My mother did, too, and also late in life. One of my oldest brother's sons has severe allergies to grass pollen, and had to stay in the house at a certain time in early summer.Neither I nor my siblings seem to have been born with allergies, though, as far as anyone can tell. Mine were caused by a non-functioning kidney and the continuous blood poisoning associated with it. Correction: Both my oldest brother and I are allergic to pork and break out in painful boils when we eat it. I have always had an aversion to pork and have refused to eat it since I was little. My brother continues to eat it and suffer the consequences. He says that he was deprived of food in the war and is now going to eat what he likes. -- posted by biogardener » Tina_Coruth - Re: Generational In response to Generational posted by biogardener:I think people are exposed to so many pollutants that it causes all kinds of problems. It drives me crazy to see people just about sterilizing their environment with toxic cleaning agents, killing every bug in their yards with toxic agents, and then perfuming themselves and their clothing from head to toe (yes with more toxic agents). Then they light up a cigarette and drive a car that needs a new exhaust system. Sorry - I'm ranting. I did enjoy your article. I will check out your allergy website. -- posted by Tina_Coruth » feistyfemale56 - Interesting intricacies of the body Traute,A most interesting idea about merely covering up the symptoms...and doing nothing for the underlying cause, which is the allergy. Just as a fever is a healthy method of infection fighting by the body and should run its course, within limits, so should we heed the warning symptoms our bodies give us for an allergic reaction. Science may think it can fool Mother Nature, but some things just go beyond the realm of potions and notions. -- posted by feistyfemale56 » pennywhitting - Re: Interesting intricacies of the body A very interesting article and discussion. I've learnt so much from this.
-- posted by pennywhitting » biogardener - Fever Quite right. Fever is the body's way of burning the foreign invaders out of its system. That is why, at the first sign of a cold, German's raise the body temperature in the sauna or a sweat bath to rid it of bacteria. I talk about the sweat bath in this article in the Healing Hug topic.-- posted by biogardener » biogardener - To Joy Sorry, I overlooked your question earlier. You want to know why your allergies are not the same now as they were in your childhood. Okay. First of all, we have to distinguish between allergies or symptoms of allergies. The allergy is the body's inability to cope with certain allergens. What you notice is the body's reaction to the allergen, and that could be hayfever, coughing, stuffiness, headache, hives, and many more reactions.I know from personal experience that those reactions change. The sensitivity does not. The reaction is always the strongest in the organs which are the weakest in the person. As a child, I had terrible hives and even worse headaches. I have neither now. In the meantime, my lungs got weakened by a bout of TB, and now it is always my lungs which react to allergens first. I actially don't think that I had allergies as a child. I only reacted to poisons. I did, however, develop some allergies from overexposure to certain things to which I had an aversion to begin with and should not have eaten, like milk. The things which always made me sick are not really allergens but poisons, primarily petroleum products. No amount of treatment is going to make poisons less poisonous. And I do not want my body to become desensitized to them. I stay away from them. So you, Joy, would have to know what allergens or poisons were giving you hayfever. You will find that those same allergens or poisons are still harmful to your body, except that your reaction to them may be different now than it was in your youth. Or maybe you are no longer exposed to them. -- posted by biogardener
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Thanks for the explanation. It makes sense. It would take a lot of detective work to really figure this one out, but as you said, it's possible I'm no longer exposed to them. -- posted by Joy Butler « Previous 1 2 Next » Please follow the guidelines set forth in the Suite101 Posting Etiquette when adding to the discussion. |
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