Since I’ve been living in allergy hell for the past few days, I’ve been thinking about allergies. I can see how allergies in general are considered bad. They mess with our systems and make us quite uncomfortable for a while. But I wonder, as far as our long term health is concerned, could allergies be useful? To clarify, I’m talking about environmental allergies, not food allergies which can kill you. Obviously that’s a negative.
Right now my body is completely rejecting what I thought was mold, though I’m not sure. I looked at the pollen history online and it looks like oak could be the culprit! Grrr…and I like oak trees! Anyway, I digress. My question is, what if over time these pollens and mold spores are harmful to our body? Then, our annoying allergic reactions would actually be helpful to our overall health.
In any case, I’m also wondering whether I should be boosting my immune system to deal with this. Aren’t allergies an immune reaction to something seemingly benign? Then boosting the immune system would be a bad idea, right? I wonder if anyone has studied this…
As always, if anyone has any gut feelings on this matter, because I’d love to hear them.
