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Originally Posted by FaithS
If so, what could be done about it? Would it possibly help to take OTC allergy medicine during that season, even if I am not experiencing symptoms? Could that help to keep my auto-immune system from being over-active, if allergies are contributing to my flares? Hmmm.
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Faith, Hmmm is right! No clue about the medication but in terms of allergens, it does sense to me that if this type of thing creates an immune response it could present a problem. Food-wise, that's somewhat the basis of the diets recommended for MS and other auto-immune diseases.
Still so much that is unknown but sometimes I really do wonder about the more "simple" things that don't get as much attention perhaps they should.
Here's 2 articles about allergies and the immune system. This was just a quick search -- if you Google you'll find over 2,000,000 more!
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu...rgy/system.cfm
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.js...nav=Groupspace