Guest guest Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Hi Homer. I don't know enough about the way Xolair works to give you an educated answer on this. And, while I understand your theory, because it seems to make sense... the part of me that always ends up in respiratory arrest and in an ambulance says it's NEVER wise to purposely expose yourself to something that is a known allergy. Might want to speak with your doc before you experiment with this! Take care, Breathe easy! -------Original Message------- From: HomerSwei Date: 04/19/05 18:07:46 Subject: [ ] Bound IgE question All, Not sure if anyone knows the answer but... I understand there is bound and free IgE. Xolair is supposed to interact with the free IgE making it unavailable to bind with the mast cells (or something like that). If this is true, can we accelerate the xolair process by frequently exposing ourselves to whatever is making us allergic during the first few months of therapy? I mean once all the mast cells are released there shouldn't be anything more loaded mast cells left. Just a thought. Homer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 No, I don't think it works that way. What my doctor said that we hope for is that Xolair will bind to the IgE and that our bodies will stop making IgE or make less of it. Addy --- In , " HomerSwei " <homerswei@y...> wrote: > > > All, > > Not sure if anyone knows the answer but... I understand there is bound > and free IgE. Xolair is supposed to interact with the free IgE making > it unavailable to bind with the mast cells (or something like that). > If this is true, can we accelerate the xolair process by frequently > exposing ourselves to whatever is making us allergic during the first > few months of therapy? I mean once all the mast cells are released > there shouldn't be anything more loaded mast cells left. Just a > thought. > > Homer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Our bodies continually make IgE and Mast cells, Basophils and Eosinophils. The IgE that are bound, are bound until they die. The free IgE is made upon exposure to our allegens. Protecting your matress, pillows etc with dust mite proof covers if you are allergic to dust mites helps. If you are allergic to inhalants, you are exposed when the new grasses grow, trees become alive in spring or flowering plants pollenate. Minimizing the exposure by keeping doors and windows closed, changing air filters monthly etc...helps. __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 Hey -- Although I'm just finishing my freshman year of college -- I am pre-med and my bio teacher this semester focused a lot on the immune system -- in theory exposing yourself to your allergens would increase the effectiveness/rate of effectiveness of the xolair -- however I think that doing that would put a lot of stress on your immune system -- which obviously since you're on xolair, is already doing more than it should have to. So, no, I don't think that exposing yourself to your allergens on purpose to increase the effectiveness of xolair would be a good idea because the immune system would be fighting against itself to ward off your allergens while dealing with the xolair and I just think you would complicate things further. Again, I am just starting out, but thats my opinion Meagan --- In , " HomerSwei " <homerswei@y...> wrote: > > > All, > > Not sure if anyone knows the answer but... I understand there is bound > and free IgE. Xolair is supposed to interact with the free IgE making > it unavailable to bind with the mast cells (or something like that). > If this is true, can we accelerate the xolair process by frequently > exposing ourselves to whatever is making us allergic during the first > few months of therapy? I mean once all the mast cells are released > there shouldn't be anything more loaded mast cells left. Just a > thought. > > Homer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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