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In almost all biological phenomena there is a threshold level, nevertheless, when we speak of allergic reactions this concept seems revolutionary to many people. It is for this reason that a workshop will be dedicated to this subject for the first time during the Worldwide Conference on Allergology in Munich at the end of June.
In clinical practice the fact that inflammatory phenomena add up together is well-known to doctors as well as to patients; what's interesting is that this cumulative effect also occurs in the same way for most immunological and allergic phenomena
As a matter of fact, recent studies prove that an allergy doesn't solely depend on the reaction to a single substance, but on the sum of many small reactions that raise the general level of inflammation within the body . In this way it is predisposed to"explode" even upon contact with substances that are only slightly irritating. This notion allows us to think of allergy as an excessive defense action rather than a defect of the body
In this view of allergology, the threshold level is merely the expression of the human capacity for adaptation. This is an obvious clinical reality that has been discussed by Eurosalus for many years (by way of articles as well as books) although it is often denied by the world of conventional medicine. Today, however, it is gaining ever greater levels of consensus, even in the academic world.
It's important to remember that according to this conceptual vision, allergy is never an on-off mechanism (that is or is not), but an extremely modulated mechanism that is always present and can be above or below an individual threshold level. This is true for classic allergic phenomena: rhinitis, asthma, dermatitis, hives , diarrhea , conjunctivitis, etc..
In reality, even though every individual is allergic and intolerant to everything, he can nevertheless maintain his own reactivity under control by way of an active mechanism. When a person becomes clinically allergic (that is, he shows signs of allergy or intolerance) he does so because he has gone beyond the threshold level of his own ability for adaptation. Therefore it makes no sense to blame "that nasty pollen" or "milk that has become toxic", but we need to consider what's going on within the body. We need to help it to recreate tolerance by way of a possible hypo-sensitization or perhaps by way of indirect instruments like the use of certain minerals.
Allergists rarely explain to their patients why they only suffer from rhinitis or asthma between August and September, or only between May and June, or at times not at all, even though their test results (for example the Prick test) show them to be allergic to many pollens The reason behind this is that every human body has the ability to adapt itself to the adverse circumstances that it encounters: pollen, cold, heat, pollution, dust mites, drugs and foods.
This is why even a person with IgE reactivity towards a given substance often doesn't develop an allergy when he comes into contact with that specific allergen.
It is thanks to this phenomenon that we can no longer consider allergy therapy as something that is solely aimed at the allergen, but rather at the entire body. We can therefore think of re-educating a body to control the allergic reactions by bringing them back within its capacity for tolerance. It's necessary to find the exhaust valve that not only keeps the pressure cooker from exploding, but also gradually lets off the steam without harming anyone.
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