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That's fine. Some bacteria is actually good for you. Even trace amounts of "bad" bacteria will help build your immune system so you don't need to kill all bac
by avryhof 8y ago
That's fine. Some bacteria is actually good for you. Even trace amounts of "bad" bacteria will help build your immune system so you don't need to kill all bacteria.
- nerdponx 8y agoThis is about hospital infections, not the hygiene hypothesis.
- tootie 8y agoI also have yet to see any evidence that hygiene hypothesis is true or leads to better long-term health outcomes.
- kristiandupont 8y agoThe book An Epidemic of Absence presents a pretty compelling case, I recommend it.
- gruez 8y agoa 400 page (tl;dr), non-peer reviewed book (no endorsements from the scientific community) is probably not the best evidence to present.
- Herodotus38 8y agoThere's actually pretty good evidence now that childhood sanitation is correlated with the incidence of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Edit: accidentally wrote inversely Here is a pretty good overview: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/897242 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/897242 Note that this is a little different than the usual interpretation of the hygiene hypothesis.
- anonytrary 8y agoThat's true, but when it comes to hospitals, you want to try and minimize all bacteria. Your skin may be a very protective organ, however if you get those same bacteria in a wound, it could lead to dangerous infection.
- Fomite 8y agoThis. While you're hospitalized is not the time to be trying to build your immune system's character.