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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:12, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Hygiene Hypothesis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nelsonb12 (talk • contribs) 17:02, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

The mechanism of the hygiene hypothesis is based on the differentiation of Helper T cells (link to article) into Th1 and Th2. Early childhood exposure to pathogens stimulates the immune system to differentiation to Th1, better suited for combating these pathogens, with lower ratio of Th2, which causes an the inflammatory response characteristic to allergic rhinitis.

One study who observed children living on a farm, discovered that those children had a decrease risk of developing allergies. This was associated with an increase in TH1 and a decrease in TH2. The explanation behind this result is because those children are constantly exposed to a greater quantity of various organism and bacteria, due to their environment they live in. Being exposed causes…. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlkm (talk • contribs) 17:04, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Resources — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nelsonb12 (talk • contribs) 17:05, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

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