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Post by beebs on Nov 25, 2012 8:35:54 GMT -5
Article discusses growing allergy to meat. Some scientists show evidence of allergy developing post exposure to a specific tick bite, the lone star tick. Sufferers do not all show evidence of specific tick bite, but then, tests are unreliable. The aplpha-gal sugar carbohydrate is found in lamb, pork and beef. 80% of patients allergic to meats, were found to have high levels of alpha-gal antibodies. It can induce hives and anaphylaxis four hours to seven hours later. Cancer patients showing sensitivity to cancer drug Cetuximab, were found to have high antibodies to alpha-gal antibodies. Cetuximab contains alpha-gal sugar carbs. Article: news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/11/ticked-off-about-a-growing-aller.html
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Post by beebs on Dec 20, 2012 13:04:28 GMT -5
You may suffer from angina, caused by allergies, leading to a heart attack. Kounis syndrome, or allergic angina, first published in 1950, in The American Heart Journal, discusses the link between two types of heart attacks linked to allergies. If this is the case, carrying antihistamines with you at all times may save your life? The downside - Antihistamines are known to cause cardiac electroconductivity dysfunction. Beware of Epi-Pens. They contain sulphur, and are known to cause arrythmias, heart failure and allergic reactions. Difficult to diagnose, Kounis syndrome could also be caused by constriction of small microvessels, or other endothelial dysfunction. A combo of atherosclerosis and allergic reaction may cause heart attacks, by dislodging plaques. Article about Kounis Syndrome: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/732843_2
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Post by Admin on Feb 5, 2015 19:46:23 GMT -5
No new info in this article, but for those who suffer from multiple allergies, ask your allergist to check saliva's IgA and IgM.
Molecular mimicry as a mechanism for food immune reactivities and autoimmunity. Vojdani A. Abstract
The mucosal immune system is constantly exposed to challenges from the antigenic substances found in food and released from the body's own microbial flora. The body's normal tolerance to friendly antigenic substances can be disrupted by a number of factors, such as disease, injury, shock, trauma, surgery, drugs, blood transfusion, environmental triggers, etc. When this disruption happens, the ingestion of foods containing antigenic substances that have compositions similar to those of the body's autoantigens can result in the production of antibodies that react not only against the food antigens but also the body's own tissues. This response is known as food autoimmune reactivity. Between 7% and 10% of the world's population suffers from some form of autoimmune disease. Each patient's antibodies, both immunoglobulin A (IgA) + immunoglobulin M (IgM) in the saliva and immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA in the blood must be examined to give a complete picture of food immune reactivity. A host of health problems and autoimmune disorders have increasingly become associated with some of the most commonly consumed foods in the world, such as wheat and milk. Many of these problems can be traced to molecular mimicry. The peptide sequences of foods such as milk and wheat are similar to those of human molecules, such as myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein, human islet cell tissue, and human aquaporin 4 (AQP4). This similarity can result in cross-reactivity that leads to food autoimmunity and even autoimmune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), celiac disease (CD), and neuromyelitis optica. Further research is needed to determine what other foods have dangerous sequence similarities to human tissues and what methods are available to test for the autoantibodies resulting from these molecular, mimicry-induced misfires of the immune system. The identification and removal of corresponding food triggers can then be used as the basis of therapy.
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Post by Admin on Feb 5, 2015 19:56:51 GMT -5
Helminthic Therapy - if all else fails.. helpful for other digestive issues, and allergies. autoimmunetherapies.com/candidate_diseases_for_helminthic_therapy_or_worm_therapy/peanut_allergies_anaphylaxis.htmlEvidence for the use of the immunotherapy helminthic therapy to treat Anaphylaxis and Peanut Allergy
Recent research clearly shows that anaphylaxis as a result of food (peanut) allergy can be both prevented and stopped by helminthic infection. Anaphylaxis can occur by two mechanisms, the first and most serious with regard to peanut allergy is IgE dependent. This excellent paper by Bashir et al (M. E. H. Bashir, P. Anderson, I. J. Fuss, H. N. Shi and C. Nagler-Anderson. Journal of Immunology. 2002. 169, 3284-3292. (PMID: 12218148)) indicates that IgE dependent anaphylaxis could not be provoked in mice that had been inoculated with helminths. Two years later, Managan at al (N.E Mangan, R.E. Fallon, P. Smith, N. van Rooijen, A. N. McKenzie, P. G Fallon. Journal of Immunology. 2004, 15;173(10), 6346-56. (PMID: 15528374)) clearly demonstrated that mice inoculated with helminths were protected from both IgE and IgE-independent anaphylaxis. Both studies unequivocally demonstrate a central role for the cytokine IL-10 in preventing anaphylactic reactions, and interestingly IL-10 levels in humans increase substantially after exposure to helminths. Cont/....
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