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Low inflammation is a good thing, and never heard of a correlation between being sedentary and low inflammation.

by tempsy 7y ago

naravara 7y ago
If anything I've heard the correlation goes the other way. Regular exercise reduces inflammation markers across the board. Some people suggest it even helps alleviate allergy symptoms all else being equal.
- soperj 7y ago
  I've exercised my entire life, regularly at a high level, and my allergy to cats developed when I was 10 and has only gotten progressively worse over the years. Started with just itchy eyes and skin and is now into full blown allergy induced asthma. I tell almost immediately when I'm in a house that has had a cat in the last few years. It's terrible. One data point and all...
  - RandomTisk 7y ago
    Most people can build up a tolerance. I grew up with cats close to home and never noticed any allergy as a kid. When I got my own indoor cat though, I noticed itching and then flu-like symptoms that got progressively worse. Allergy medication completely relieved all symptoms, and rather than get rid of fluffy I took allergy meds daily for about 2 weeks, then every second ord third day for another month. Now I'm pretty much free of symptoms, but I occasionally pop a pill if the roof my mouth or hands start to itch for any reason.
    - soperj 7y ago
      I dated a girl for a while who owned a cat. I built up a tolerance to her cat (because she'd have the dander on her clothes), but it didn't help with any other cats. I was also still allergic to her cat, but it was at the point where a claritin would help. Mostly it's within half an hour I can barely breath, so it's hard to build up any sort of tolerance, even with allergy meds. Now it's easier for me to avoid cats entirely.
  - naravara 7y ago
    Yeah I tried to be careful with the "some people suggest" because it's still kind of a rumor. I have an eczema problem that tends to get worse when I'm not exercising regularly and gets better when I am. But obviously all bodies are different.
    - new2628 7y ago
      Another data point of one: all my allergies correlate with the amount of detergent/soap/shampoo/deodorant I am using and to whether I've been the past few weeks in the big city or in the rural countryside.
hwillis 7y ago
The time period being compared to the present is the very early 1900s, shortly after the invention of aspirin. Air pollution and toxic materials were also much more common.
- occamrazor 7y ago
  Aspirin was invented in 1899. And willow extracts were used for centuries before that.
  - hwillis 7y ago
    Typo, I meant the very early 1900s not the very early 1990s. Aspirin was prescription only until 1915. The story of willowfine is roughly as well known as penicillin. The point is that in 1910-1920 people didn't carry NSAIDs in their purse and pop 400 mg when they felt a headache coming on or their back hurt. That's a big difference. It's also worth noting that right at that point, the supply of aspirin was very limited due to phenol shortages caused by the war.
    - trenning 7y ago
      can you ELI5 if this is bad? Should I not be taking Asprin or does that cause inflammation?
      - UnFleshedOne 7y ago
        You should not be taking aspirin for headaches and such. It has worse side-effects than alternatives (thinning the blood, hard on stomach lining, children should not take it, can cause Reye's syndrome, etc).
      - gbear605 7y ago
        Aspirin is an anti-inflammatory; it decreases inflammation. The hypothesis here is that the widespread use of it has caused decreased body temperatures through decreased levels of inflammation.
      - 7y ago

Low inflammation is a good thing, and never heard of a correlation between being sedentary and low inflammation.

by tempsy 7y ago

Low inflammation is a good thing, and never heard of a correlation between being sedentary and low inflammation.

If anything I've heard the correlation goes the other way. Regular exercise reduces inflammation markers across the board. Some people suggest it even helps alleviate allergy symptoms all else being equal.

soperj 7y ago
I've exercised my entire life, regularly at a high level, and my allergy to cats developed when I was 10 and has only gotten progressively worse over the years. Started with just itchy eyes and skin and is now into full blown allergy induced asthma. I tell almost immediately when I'm in a house that has had a cat in the last few years. It's terrible. One data point and all...
- RandomTisk 7y ago
  Most people can build up a tolerance. I grew up with cats close to home and never noticed any allergy as a kid. When I got my own indoor cat though, I noticed itching and then flu-like symptoms that got progressively worse. Allergy medication completely relieved all symptoms, and rather than get rid of fluffy I took allergy meds daily for about 2 weeks, then every second ord third day for another month. Now I'm pretty much free of symptoms, but I occasionally pop a pill if the roof my mouth or hands start to itch for any reason.
  - soperj 7y ago
    I dated a girl for a while who owned a cat. I built up a tolerance to her cat (because she'd have the dander on her clothes), but it didn't help with any other cats. I was also still allergic to her cat, but it was at the point where a claritin would help. Mostly it's within half an hour I can barely breath, so it's hard to build up any sort of tolerance, even with allergy meds. Now it's easier for me to avoid cats entirely.
- naravara 7y ago
  Yeah I tried to be careful with the "some people suggest" because it's still kind of a rumor. I have an eczema problem that tends to get worse when I'm not exercising regularly and gets better when I am. But obviously all bodies are different.
  - new2628 7y ago
    Another data point of one: all my allergies correlate with the amount of detergent/soap/shampoo/deodorant I am using and to whether I've been the past few weeks in the big city or in the rural countryside.

hwillis 7y ago

The time period being compared to the present is the very early 1900s, shortly after the invention of aspirin. Air pollution and toxic materials were also much more common.

occamrazor 7y ago
Aspirin was invented in 1899. And willow extracts were used for centuries before that.
- hwillis 7y ago
  Typo, I meant the very early 1900s not the very early 1990s. Aspirin was prescription only until 1915. The story of willowfine is roughly as well known as penicillin. The point is that in 1910-1920 people didn't carry NSAIDs in their purse and pop 400 mg when they felt a headache coming on or their back hurt. That's a big difference. It's also worth noting that right at that point, the supply of aspirin was very limited due to phenol shortages caused by the war.
  - trenning 7y ago
    can you ELI5 if this is bad? Should I not be taking Asprin or does that cause inflammation?
    - UnFleshedOne 7y ago
      You should not be taking aspirin for headaches and such. It has worse side-effects than alternatives (thinning the blood, hard on stomach lining, children should not take it, can cause Reye's syndrome, etc).
    - gbear605 7y ago
      Aspirin is an anti-inflammatory; it decreases inflammation. The hypothesis here is that the widespread use of it has caused decreased body temperatures through decreased levels of inflammation.
    - 7y ago