Re: Question for /Triple Whammy

[Guest guest]

When Baron Clemens Von Pirquet coined " allergen " from " allos " -altered

or other, and " ergon " for action, " allergy " was meant to express the

concept of a reaction that was out of the normal range of human

response. An extraordinary response that calls attention to itself by

being different from most folks.

So allergy became sort of a blanket term that didn't really become

applied to the different abnormal responses, I guess it got applied to

mast cell degranulation and IgE responses by default.

There's IgG response and who knows how many others waiting to be

discovered?

Jens Ponikau's Eosiniphilic response to inhaled fungal toxins is a

systemic response rather than the sneezy, watery eye response that

most people connect with " allergy " .

So you go to an allegist for the runny nose, but see an immunologist

for the IgG systemic response.

The interesting thing about responses to neurotoxins is that they

actually outstrip the speed of the blood to the brain.

This is a true neurological response channeled to the brain through

olfactory nerve stimulation. Certain scents are well known to have

this direct neural stimulation.

So now you gots to go see the neurologist.

I suspect that we're simulataneously dealing with components of at

least three different types of responses that all come under the

heading of " allergy " that still remain to be subclassified in a

meaningful way.

I would be amazed if we weren't having an allergic response to inhaled

antigens PLUS a systemic " eosinophilic " response AND a neurological

" limbic kindling " response to those nasty neurotoxins.

Wouldn't it be great to find one kind of doctor who knows about all

the different " allergic " responses rather than having to see three?

Doesn't it feel like mold is a " triple Whammy " ?

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