Re: Researchers in New York and Utah

October 10, 2004

What desert are you referring to?

On Sat, 9 Oct 2004, tigerpaw2c wrote:

> Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 22:39:24 -0000

> From: tigerpaw2c <tigerpaw2C@...>

> Reply-

>

> Subject: [] Researchers in New York and Utah

>

> Fungus Among Us

> Oct. 8, 2004

> Ed Yeates Reporting

> http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5 & sid=124949

>

> Chances are, you or someone you know has an allergy you can't figure

> out. Researchers in New York and Utah may have solved the mystery.

> Fungus.

>

> While perhaps not as pervasive here in our desert climate as in

> wetter areas, this fungus is still among us, all over the place.

> Spores from fungus in a house damaged by water or outdoors in

> decaying plants certainly might cause a sneeze or two. But now, this

> study at the Mayo Clinic is leading researchers down a different

> fungal path - one that may make the nose sneeze and sniffle,

> chronically, all the time.

>

> Gerald Gleich, M.D., University of Utah School of Medicine: " The

> data suggests that chronic fungal colonization, not infection, may

> drive an immune response that goes on and on and on. "

>

> Dr. Gerald Gleich and his colleagues at the University of Utah want

> to follow up on the Mayo studies with more research in our desert

> climate.

>

> Gerald Gleich, M.D.: " The particular fungus we're referring to here

> is called alternaria, and it's virtually ubiquitous throughout the

> United States, throughout the world. "

>

> On plants, on pieces of wood, in damp areas of our house - floating

> about in the air - this fungus, more or less, is always with us.

> Researchers now believe this fungus may be the major villain for

> people with over-reactive immune systems who end up with chronic

> rhinosinusitis. Dr. Gleich says the spores don't invade tissue, but

> simply stimulate the reaction.

>

> Gerald Gleich, M.D.: " It doesn't actually invade the tissues, rather

> the tissues appear to be stimulated. Stimulate an immune reaction

> with associated inflammation. That appears to be the mechanism of

> how this goes on. "

>

> If the research proves out, anti-fungal sprays might be able to

> reduce the severity of the symptoms. Getting rid of the spores may

> be a more difficult task.

>

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October 10, 2004