Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthier and smarter

Re:Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthie... by melomal on Friday August 06, 2021 @01:52AM (#28083761)

This is something that I've been told over and over - early exposure to things like dust, pollen, nuts etc basically eliminates allergies when older.

As an example, I was never exposed to cats early age but dogs yes. Now I have a mild reaction to cats hair and nothing with dogs. Of course this isn't a scientific study that can be validated but it does sort of make sense in my mind.

A la antibodies etc.

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Re:Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthie... by feanaro on Friday August 06, 2021 @03:35AM (#28084282)

My wife was exposed to both from an early age and this continued until she was 15. Then she developed a mild allergy to dogs and a stronger allergy to cats (can't be in the same room with one).

Allergies aren't a simple phenomenon.

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Re:Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthie... by melomal on Friday August 06, 2021 @09:27AM (#28086842)

I strangely had the same experience with hay fever. Never suffered from it then right around 15 it hit me pretty bad. I moved countries 5 years ago and again I no longer have hay fever symptoms so for sure they are not simple.

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