Antibiotics May Increase Allergies, Asthma-digestive system

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<<The mice were treated with antibiotics for five days to weaken the

naturally occurring bacteria in the gut, which can lead to the

overgrowth of candida yeast in humans. Then the mice's digestive

systems were infected with the candida yeast. In order to determine

if antibiotics and the yeast growth could lead to respiratory

allergies, the nasal passages of the mice were then exposed to mold

spores -- called aspergillus. Allergies to this mold are common in

humans.

The mice developed an increased sensitivity in the respiratory

system -- a possible prelude to allergies and asthma. >>

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I think that we are under a " curse " and are suffering all of these diseases

because of our outrageous and horrendous experiments with our fellow

creatures..These lab-technicians will wake up on an operating table in Hades;

being attended to by mice and rats and cats; wearing white lab coats and the

head surgeon will be monkey whose partially exposed brain is still bristling

with electrodes from failed experiments on his Pineal gland..

melville ;-(

Antibiotics May Increase Allergies, Asthma-digestive system

Growth of Yeast in Digestive System May Be to Blame

By Jeanie Lerche

WebMD Medical News Reviewed By , MD

on Wednesday, May 26, 2004

May 26, 2004 -- Why do so many people suffer from allergies and

asthma? Possibly because they're taking too many antibiotics, new

research shows.

The findings were presented today at the annual meeting of the

American Society for Microbiology.

" Over the past four decades there has been an explosive increase in

allergy and asthma in westernized countries, which correlates with

widespread use of antibiotics ..., " says researcher Mairi Noverr,

with the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, in a news release.

Antibiotics increase the growth of the yeast Candida albicans in the

gut, Noverr explains. It is a common side effect of antibiotic use

and previous studies show that this change in the gut could increase

allergies.

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Antibiotics May Increase Allergies, Asthma

Growth of Yeast in Digestive System May Be to Blame

By Jeanie Lerche

WebMD Medical News Reviewed By , MD

on Wednesday, May 26, 2004

May 26, 2004 -- Why do so many people suffer from allergies and

asthma? Possibly because they're taking too many antibiotics, new

research shows.

The findings were presented today at the annual meeting of the

American Society for Microbiology.

" Over the past four decades there has been an explosive increase in

allergy and asthma in westernized countries, which correlates with

widespread use of antibiotics ..., " says researcher Mairi Noverr,

with the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, in a news release.

Antibiotics increase the growth of the yeast Candida albicans in the

gut, Noverr explains. It is a common side effect of antibiotic use

and previous studies show that this change in the gut could increase

allergies.

In a mouse study, Noverr studied the effects that antibiotics and

the subsequent yeast growth might have on respiratory allergies.

The mice were treated with antibiotics for five days to weaken the

naturally occurring bacteria in the gut, which can lead to the

overgrowth of candida yeast in humans. Then the mice's digestive

systems were infected with the candida yeast. In order to determine

if antibiotics and the yeast growth could lead to respiratory

allergies, the nasal passages of the mice were then exposed to mold

spores -- called aspergillus. Allergies to this mold are common in

humans.

The mice developed an increased sensitivity in the respiratory

system -- a possible prelude to allergies and asthma.

Mice that didn't get antibiotic treatment did not develop this

sensitivity, reports Noverr.

" The studies presented here are the first direct demonstration that

antibiotic therapy can promote the development of an allergic airway

response, " says Noverr. While his study is preliminary, it does show

that the same process may be causing allergies and possibly asthma

in humans, he explains.

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SOURCE: News release, American Society for Microbiology annual

meeting, New Orleans, May 23-27, 2004.