Is treatment using parasitic worms the next treatment for autoimmune disorders?
"...improvements in sanitation and medicine, mortality from infectious diseases in the United States has declined by more than 90 percent since 1900, and the quality of life has drastically improved."
"Although mortality rates from infectious diseases have decreased in recent years, a new type of affliction has arisen in its place. Autoimmune diseases are those in which our body’s own immune system attacks normal and healthy cells. This occurs because the immune system cannot tell the difference between foreign objects and normal body tissues."
"As studies have found, the prevalence of these diseases over the past century has increased."
"The most prominent explanation for this phenomenon looks at the basics of the immune system and its symbiotic relationships with other organisms."
"...a hypothesis, aptly named the 'hygiene hypothesis', states that good hygiene inadvertently causes autoimmune diseases."
"As such, if the hygiene hypothesis is correct, the cure for autoimmune diseases is simple: expose our bodies to organisms that can help properly develop and control our immune system. Currently, the most promising form of treatment for autoimmune diseases revolves around the use of parasitic worm infection."
"As studies have found, the prevalence of these diseases over the past century has increased."
"The most prominent explanation for this phenomenon looks at the basics of the immune system and its symbiotic relationships with other organisms."
"...a hypothesis, aptly named the 'hygiene hypothesis', states that good hygiene inadvertently causes autoimmune diseases."
"As such, if the hygiene hypothesis is correct, the cure for autoimmune diseases is simple: expose our bodies to organisms that can help properly develop and control our immune system. Currently, the most promising form of treatment for autoimmune diseases revolves around the use of parasitic worm infection."
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