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Could this be made to work on allergies in general? The article suggests it could at least be used for food allergies in general.

dharma1 9y ago
Immunotherapy can work for allergies in general, but for non-food allergies is quite inconvenient (several shots per month for years)
- ljf 9y ago
  My wife was really allergic to cats, but a year living with our kitten and being bitten and (playfully) scratched - and she was pretty much cured - which she puts down to DIY immunotherapy
  - cowpewter 9y ago
    Add another anecdote on to that - I had the same experience. Got a kitten, got a lot of playful scratches when she was still too young to understand gentle play. The scratches would welt up. Now my cat allergies are significantly reduced.
linuskendall 9y ago
I had very serious pollen allergy which was greatly alleviated by immunotherapy. Nearly 5 years of regular shots though (initially weekly after that eventually biweekly, then finally booster shots at less regular intervals). Since some pollen and food allergies seem to cross-react it also impacted the severity of my food allergies.
FractalNerve 9y ago
I just searched for the bacteria mentioned in the article and it seems that you can simply BUY that online and even many other types of bacteria. Here's a link for the curious https://www.swansonvitamins.com/swanson-probiotics-lactobacillus-rhamnosus-fos-60-veg-drcaps https://www.swansonvitamins.com/swanson-probiotics-lactobaci... I am in no way affiliated and recommend looking the company and products up. Anyway I've a severe allergy against figs and hope I can one day eat them again. I have never heard of these kind of bacteria and thought that probiotics is a scam in that it replaces your gut bacteria with ones that are genetically modified so that you "feel" bad without re-consuming them. I think it sounds crazy, while being in the technically possible realm with no law against that.
jwineinger 9y ago
Posted above as well: https://www.oit101.org/ https://www.oit101.org/

dharma1 9y ago

Immunotherapy can work for allergies in general, but for non-food allergies is quite inconvenient (several shots per month for years)

ljf 9y ago
My wife was really allergic to cats, but a year living with our kitten and being bitten and (playfully) scratched - and she was pretty much cured - which she puts down to DIY immunotherapy
- cowpewter 9y ago
  Add another anecdote on to that - I had the same experience. Got a kitten, got a lot of playful scratches when she was still too young to understand gentle play. The scratches would welt up. Now my cat allergies are significantly reduced.

linuskendall 9y ago

I had very serious pollen allergy which was greatly alleviated by immunotherapy. Nearly 5 years of regular shots though (initially weekly after that eventually biweekly, then finally booster shots at less regular intervals). Since some pollen and food allergies seem to cross-react it also impacted the severity of my food allergies.

FractalNerve 9y ago

I just searched for the bacteria mentioned in the article and it seems that you can simply BUY that online and even many other types of bacteria. Here's a link for the curious https://www.swansonvitamins.com/swanson-probiotics-lactobacillus-rhamnosus-fos-60-veg-drcaps https://www.swansonvitamins.com/swanson-probiotics-lactobaci... I am in no way affiliated and recommend looking the company and products up. Anyway I've a severe allergy against figs and hope I can one day eat them again. I have never heard of these kind of bacteria and thought that probiotics is a scam in that it replaces your gut bacteria with ones that are genetically modified so that you "feel" bad without re-consuming them. I think it sounds crazy, while being in the technically possible realm with no law against that.

jwineinger 9y ago

Posted above as well: https://www.oit101.org/ https://www.oit101.org/