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The world conference on allergology will be held in Munich in the next few days. For the very first time there will be a workshop dedicated to the concept of threshold.
Eurosalus has been discussing this evident clinical reality for many years by way of articles as well as books, even though it has often been denied by conventional medicine. Now this concept is obtaining increasing levels of acceptance even from the academic world.
In the afternoon of Wednesday, June 29 (2005), the American Susan Hefle, the German Stephan Vieths and the French scientists Denise-Anne Moneret-Vautrin and Fabienne Rancé will discuss the concept of threshold and its importance in the clinical setting
As a matter of fact everyone’s allergic to and intolerant of everything. However, we are able to control the reactivity by way of an active mechanism. When a person becomes clinically allergic (that is, he manifests signs of allergy or intolerance) it is because he has exceeded his personal threshold level of adaptability.
So there’s no point in just blaming “nasty pollens” or “milk that has become toxic”, but we must reflect upon what’s happening within the body and help it recreate tolerance whether it be through hyposensitization or through indirect instruments such as the use of specific minerals .
The notion of threshold is important in the field of food intolerances also because in this way it’s possible to establish minimum safety levels for contact with those substances that are responsible for the allergy (just think of the quantity of peanuts that is sufficient for provoking a lethal reaction).
However, what is most important on a conceptual level is that by focusing our attention on threshold, which is profoundly personal, our thoughts are redirected towards the individuality of the allergic response . This further emphasizes the importance of an individual’s constitution and response modes.
In particular, Rancé (whose discussion is entitled: “ Threshold level during infancy”) recently presented studies using non –conventional tests such as the FAST test (Food Application Skin Test- a sort of Patch test in which a series of plasters containing food substances are placed on the patient’s back). She stated that the recovery rate for children with atopic dermatitis was higher in those children who showed a reaction 48 or 72 hours after their application, in other words, when there was a problem of delayed allergy and not the classic immediate Immunoglobulin E allergy (IgE).
This is exactly the way in which we must perceive food intolerances today and it’s what we’ve been saying for years.
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