Allergies, Part 2 - Endotoxin and the Gut

Allergies – what is it?  How do you define it? 

How does your body interpret a stressor?  How do you interpret a new situation?  Think like PTSD, you have an initial trauma, and now you are hardwired to interpret future similar events with great reaction.  So, what I’m saying is that between the stimulus and you, lies something in between, something that shapes, conditions, alters your final reaction to the stimulus.  We don’t all respond in the same way, right?  Why?  Well, you have to think about that, you have to think about the fact that you are having a problem where other people aren’t.  It gets more difficult when many people are having a problem, as then in a more cultural, societal way, it becomes normal.  This is how oftentimes, diseases become commonplace and nobody gets alarmed when the next diagnosis comes.

A recent study is highlighting the fact that stroke rates appear to be rising in young adults.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/04/15/stroke-rates-appear-to-be-rising-steadily-in-young-adults/?utm_term=.e5040a57ca48

So, what’s normal?  Are allergies, seasonal ones, ‘normal’?  What’s the extreme version of allergies?  Autoimmune disease, right?  And to make matters more confusing, the deterministic idea that genetics is a cause for all these things with very fancy and technical explanations, leaves no room for thinking about these problems in any other way, where perhaps these immune conditions have to do with the overall health of the individual.  Health equation….remember?  This is why I bring up things like the equation and then the inflammation set point idea, as then our brains can start thinking about other ways of improving our health and conjuring up new, more creative solutions to these problems.

Inflammation set point ---- then go into the gut as a primary contributor to the set point.

http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2013/04/gut-microbiome-bacteria-weight-loss

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2104864-bacteria-lurking-in-blood-could-be-culprit-in-countless-diseases/#.V9Hfh4QpMdA.facebook

 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allergy

Definition of allergy

plural

allergies

1. 1 :  altered bodily reactivity (such as hypersensitivity) to an antigen in response to a first exposure a bee venom allergy so severe that a second sting may be fatal
2. 2 :  exaggerated or pathological immunological reaction (as by sneezing, difficult breathing, itching, or skin rashes) to substances, situations, or physical states that are without comparable effect on the average individual
3. 3 :  medical practice concerned with allergies
4. 4 :  a feeling of antipathy or aversion