Intestinal Worms

Intestinal Worms

In developed countries, widespread hygiene habits in the worms in the intestine due to only a small percentage of the population occurs.


Intestinal worms, the researchers believe the methods developed in the course of evolution, which facilitate access to the host animal body remain alive as long as possible. It is essential that the host - in this case the man, but the animal as well - comes to the less patient, or immune systems do not effectively defend against the parasite. This intestinal worms is achieved by strategies that reduce immune system activity.

The worm, however, relief is now about going out on us by evolution: worms and other parasites in the absence of the immune system is released from the damping effect, so more likely to develop allergic diseases such as asthma or eczema. In the meantime, of course, not sure either be forgotten that the intestinal parasites of serious diseases in developing countries - such as iron deficiency anemia - can cause.

The helminthic and allergic reactions to the relationship between these studies are the largest ever, a double-blind and placebo control is also included. Dr. Carsten Flor and Dr. Luc Nguyen Tuyen led the study center in Vietnam, rural region was carried out with three children, two living Tapeworm and other parasites, and among whom the allergic diseases are very rare. A total of 1,500 children between the ages of six and seventeen attended. The researchers investigated whether the anti-parasite medication repeated treatments to increase the likelihood of developing allergic diseases. Although the treatments had no symptoms of asthma and eczema, dust mites and cockroaches against sensitivity - by skin tests checked - statistically detectable increase in pesticides among children treated with drugs. This suggests that intestinal worms are able to alleviate the human immune response. Further research is needed to determine whether the intestinal worm what way or to prevent allergic sensitization.

[Origo] question Prof. Anna Erdei, the head of the Department of Immunology, Eötvös University, said that the immune response to intestinal parasites and risk of allergic reaction between the connecting link with the antibody called IgE represents. "This relationship is actually quite a few years ago known, suggested that allergic diseases are" worm extract "could be addressed. The basis for this may be a similarity can be detected allergens and multicellular parasites among whites, and the immune response in both cases involved in the immune cells mast cells and eosinophils also belongs. However, although not identical, to the worm antigens and the immune response to allergens. "- said Forest.

Because of asthma, 80 percent of dust mites and other environmental allergens allergic, new research could help develop treatments that relieve intestinal parasites, like the immune system that we have organized it does not fall into the trap allergens.

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