Allergies Defend Against Cancer
Posted by drlam on June 16, 2009
Though most people do not like allergies, scientists now say that there is an advantage to them—they protect the body from cancer. The typical sneezing or runny nose gets rid of potentially carcinogenic foreign particles in the air. These symptoms could also warn us to avoid these harmful elements. Researchers even put out the idea that restraining allergies through drugs might not be good for the body.
In examination of over 650 studies carried out in the past 50 years, cancer patients were found to have fewer allergies than people without cancer. The link was found to be most prominent in patients who came into contact with matter outside the body (cervical, skin, throat, colon cancer). Those separated from the external environment (breast, prostate cancer, myeloma) had less connection. Not only the cancer, but also the allergies with signs associated with the exterior (eczema, hay fever, animal and food allergies) were less pronounced in cancer patients. disease is top tenth source of death in America, concluding in around $10 billion annual healthcare costs.
SOURCE: Daily Mail Reporter.
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