Re: Autoimmunity - Is it possible to be too clean

[Guest guest]

I was plenty dirty when I was a kid, LOL. As long as I lived at home,

we didn't even have a bathroom. So I don't think that I was ever too

clean, probably not even clean enough.

I also got all of the childhood diseases. When you have six children in

the family, these things tend to get passed around. I remember when

Mother and Daddy went to work in the fields and left me to babysit for

my younger brother and sister. They got into the Exlax, and I went to

the field to tell Mother. While I was gone, they went next door, where

the two children there had red measles. My siblings got into bed with

them, of all things! Of course that allowed us to get measles out of

the way, after a fair amount of suffering and being made to stay in a

dark room for a week.

And I still got rheumatoid arthritis, even with all of my exposure to

germs and dirt.

Sue

On Thursday, April 15, 2004, at 10:56 PM, a wrote:

> Autoimmunity - Is it possible to be too clean

> 16 Apr 2004

>

>

> A group of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found a

> connection between poor T cell survival in the body and the

> development of

> autoimmunity, they ask whether autoimmunity is also a question of

> being too

> clean.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 15/04/2004 21:57:17 Central Standard Time,

paula54@... writes:

> It also provides a new way for thinking about how to make autoimmune

> diseases more preventable. The key to decreasing the chances of developing

> autoimmunity may be to stimulate the immune system by priming people with

> germs.

>

Wellwellwell-

Once again I've protected my son for life with my high tolerance for

disorganization and messiness! Cary

[Guest guest]

Personally, I'm doing my best to keep my booster up.

Noreen

> Is this something that has to occur early in life? Do

> the protective effects last a lifetime? Or do you need

> abooster exposure to pathogens?

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 20/04/2004 08:22:47 Central Standard Time,

bullockpe@... writes:

> Is this something that has to occur early in life? Do

> the protective effects last a lifetime? Or do you need

> abooster exposure to pathogens?

> --- a <paula54@...> wrote:

>

come on over to my house and get a booster!

[Guest guest]

Unknown!

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

Re: [ ] Autoimmunity - Is it possible to be too clean

> Is this something that has to occur early in life? Do

> the protective effects last a lifetime? Or do you need

> abooster exposure to pathogens?