fallen md

unlike you i actually read and retain and use that knowledge.


Elizabeth White's first encounter with peanuts _ a nibble of a peanut butter cracker at age 14 months _ left the toddler gasping for breath. Within minutes, her airways were swelling shut.

A mere fifth of a peanut was enough to trigger an allergic reaction.

So it was with trepidation that her parents enrolled Elizabeth, at 4 1/2, in a groundbreaking experiment: Could eating tiny amounts of the very foods that endanger them eventually train children's bodies to overcome severe food allergies?

It just may work, suggest preliminary results from a handful of youngsters allergic to peanuts or eggs _ and who, after two years of treatment, seem protected enough that an accidental bite of the forbidden foods is no longer a huge threat.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/25/AR2006122500306.html

 

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fallen md, learned medicine through preliminary reports of studies in the washington post.

no lol its a quick google to back up my claims.

 

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fallen md, reads and retains. knows immunology.

"Mechanisms of immune tolerance to allergens.
Fujita H, Meyer N, Akdis M, Akdis CA.
Source

Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland.
Abstract

In allergic diseases, immune responses are induced by normally well-tolerated allergens, which result in chronic inflammation characterized by antibody secretion and T cell activation. For almost 100 years, allergen-specific immunotherapy (allergen-SIT) has been the potentially curative and antigen-specific method for the treatment of allergic diseases. Allergen-SIT alters the course of allergic diseases and can reduce allergic symptoms and medication use. The key mechanism behind allergen-SIT is the induction of peripheral T cell tolerance by altering the balance between Th cells and regulatory T cells. Both naturally occurring thymus-derived FOXP3(+)CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells and inducible type 1 regulatory T cells suppress the development of allergic diseases via several mechanisms including suppression of dendritic cells, Th cells, mast cells, eosinophils and basophils; suppression of inflammatory cell migration to tissues; and decrease of the ratio between allergen-specific IgE and IgG4 antibodies. These effects are mainly mediated by the suppressive cytokines IL-10 and TGF-ß. Knowledge of this molecular basis is crucial to understanding the regulation of the immune response and their possible therapeutic applications for allergic diseases."

I would kill myself, poor kid.

LOL... FD

 

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I have a friend who has a corn allergy. As such she avoids most whiskeys and vodkas.

She ordered a PBR a while ago when we were out at a bar. I made fun of her.

 

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That's a sucky hand to start with in life for sure. Will be a lot to overcome