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ALLERGIES, CANDIDA AND ASTHMA: IMMUNOLOGY
Resistance to systemic candidiasis depends on cell-mediated immunity, which can be assessed quite easily with a multitest (CMI). Cellular immunity is not the only determinant of infective capacity, however. The ability of the immune system to form antibodies also appears to be crucial to the survival of animals infected with Candida albicans. Antibodies are seldom, [...]
ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY: HOW IMMUNOTHERAPY WORKS
The key “immune” players in allergic reactions are IgE antibodies, mast cells, basophil cells, and the chemicals released from these cells, called mediators. It is on these antibodies, cells, and mediators that immunotherapy exerts its effects. Before immunotherapy, IgE antibodies (the allergy antibodies) increase in number after a season of exposure to the pollen(s) to [...]
FOOD INTOLERANCE: MAGGIE’S STORY
Like many mothers with young children, Maggie found it difficult to make time for a proper breakfast or lunch. She made up for this by eating a large evening meal with her husband, after which she usually suffered indigestion. By sucking indigestion tablets she could settle her stomach in time for bed, but then the [...]
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