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What about an iron deficiency, would that cause allergies?

2007-01-23 02:04:38 · 1 answers · asked by Honey W 4 in Health Diseases & Conditions Allergies

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Allergies are due to several considerations like cell mediators (histamine, leukotreins) which are stored in certain cells (mast cells, basophils) in your body. The storage cells can be activated by many things like Antibodies (which the body makes itself for defense against outside organisms); when the Antibody is activated, it will stimulate the storage cells to release the chemical mediators and viola, allergic reaction.

If you lack melatonin, that could be caused by the same thing which is causing allergies, such as an auto-antibody (an antibody against something in the body ie Melatonin), and also causing the allergy such as the solar uticaria.

They are all generally linked in some way but one does not lead to the other, something else is causeing both of them, and I doubt the iron deficiency is causing the allergies though it could be a cause of the allergies.

2007-01-23 05:21:13 · answer #1 · answered by NP 2 · 0 0

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