Why are childhood allergies, juvenile diabetes, and asthma so common today.?

Question

"Back in the Day", (1950's & 60's), when I was in school, we would have been appalled if some kid had said they were allergic to peanut butter. One of my brothers had asthma, and he was the only one I ever knew in 12 years of school. Out of a student body of about 500, we had one girl who had diabetes, and her parents both had it. So, my question is: why are so many allergies, autism, diabetes, so common in today's grade school kids?
Obesity is said to be one cause of the diabetes increase, and I understand that TV, Video games, and computers are big contributors to the obesity plague, but what's up with the rise in all these other problems ?
Measles, Mumps, and Mono', we're pretty much a given back then, all kids had them, and sometimes a lot of us had them at once, but I think we were much healthier in general than today's kids are, So,..What's up ?

Answer 1

First of all, asthma and autism are related to each other. The increase can be explained by the fact that both are statistically associated with caesarean birth, which has also risen dramatically in recent years because it has become safer than natural child birth in even slightly difficult cases.

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Secondly; although asthma has a lot to do with autism, it has very little to do with environmental toxins. Most people with really severe hay fever don't have asthma. It's an autistic symptom in itself. It harks back to the birth trauma. When a baby is being born, attempting to breath will kill him. After he is born, if he doesn't breath he will die. Asthma is a regression to the moment of decision. A study at Johns Hopkins clinic discovered that asthma is caused by the inability to relax the bronchia while taking a deep breath, and deep breath is what normally helps to clear congestion during allergy attacks. With asthma, though, deep breaths actually trigger a contraction of the bronchia making the allergy attack worse. In other words, asthma attacks are actually neurotic symptoms.

Here is a copy of the study:

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October 30, 1995
Section: MAIN NEWS
Edition: AM
Page: A1

LUNG MUSCLE IMPLICATED IN ASTHMATICS' WHEEZING
John Hendren, Associated Press
Asthmatics wheeze because their lung muscles can't relax,
not because of irritants in the air, a new study suggests.
''If that is the case, then we can probably detect it very
early on, before people develop asthma,'' said Dr. Alkis
Togias of Johns Hopkins Medical Center, who presents the
findings in the November issue of The Journal of Clinical
Investigation.

In an asthma attack, the smooth muscles that line the
lungs contract, blocking the passage of air and leaving
victims gasping for breath.

Scientists have thought the muscles contract because of an
unusual reaction to irritants or allergens, such as airborne
pollen or pollutants.

Togias and a team of Hopkins researchers believe asthmatics
and nonasthmatics alike have the same air-blocking reaction
to lung irritation. But they contend asthmatics have a second
problem: lung muscles that cannot relax normally.

''We suspect that nonasthmatics overcome this reaction by using
deep breaths to relax the muscles and open up the air passages
and that asthmatics lack this ability,'' Togias said.

''It is definitely not the conventional wisdom,'' said
Dr. Michael Kaliner, medical director of the Institute for
Asthma and Allergy at the Washington Hospital Center, who
had not seen the study.

``When you and I take a deep breath, our muscles stay relaxed.
But when an asthmatic takes a deep breath the muscles do contract.''

The researchers tested their theory by making nonasthmatics
wheeze as asthmatics do. The researchers gave nonasthmatics
the inhalant drug, methacholine, which acts as an irritant and
causes breathing problems in asthmatics. Then they told the
volunteers not to breathe deeply.

The result: Nonasthmatics developed asthma-like breathing problems.
''This is just the reaction we would expect if asthma is caused by
an impairment of muscle relaxation triggered by deep breaths,''
Togias said.


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As for juvenile diabetes, that is another issue. It is not an autistic symptom. it's a symptom of cheap fattening food doctored to taste really good.

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Answer 4

Larry L stated, "First of all, asthma and autism are related to each other. The increase can be explained by the fact that both are statistically associated with cesarean birth, which has also risen dramatically in recent years because it has become safer than natural child birth in even slightly difficult cases."

I think we should be very careful about using this article and research as a reference. By the authors own admission, the studies have not been duplicated. Also, from what I read, many of the children diagnosed later with Autism/ASD had difficult births. By definition what is a difficult birth other than having an AP-GAR of below 5 or 7? The author eludes to the child not taking his/her breath right away and he also states that this is a result of the lack of the "primal birth." But who is to say that it is not a virus. What about the research that shows that many of these disorders are genetically influenced? What about the research that states that more than boys than girls are affected by the disorder of Autism? This article doesn't even address this research.



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Why are childhood allergies, juvenile diabetes, and asthma so common today.?
"Back in the Day", (1950's & 60's), when I was in school, we would have been appalled if some kid had said they were allergic to peanut butter. One of my brothers had asthma, and he was the only one I ever knew in 12 years of school. Out of a student body of about 500, we had one...

Answer 7

My daughter has a similar problem when she was young. Every time she got a cold, she had to go to the doctor and get antibiotics for bronchitis. She would also vomit before I got her on medicine. I finally figured out that she is allergic to yellow #5. Since she has been avoiding foods containing yellow # 5, she is much better. She has not needed antibiotics in years. He probably needs some asthma medicine. Watch his diet and see if anything seems to make his problem worse. It would not hurt him to avoid yellow #5 for a while and see if it helps.

Answer 8

There are theories about how the increase in these conditions is related to the increase in various pollutions, the increase of various dyes and other additives in food, and the DECREASE in overall activity.

I think there might be something to them: For a while I had a horse that had to be cared for every day, rain or shine. And except for once when I had a bout of flu, I was never sick.

Answer 9

Allergies, Asthma, Autism and AD(H)D are all related. You may be interested in the book on this topic by Dr. Kenneth Bock, "The New Childhood Epidemics."

Answer 10

Back in the 50s we did not live in air conditoned houses, have a tv, computer, ect. ect. we all played outside, playing tag, or climbing trees, running swimming ect. we also had chores to do, and did them if we didnt want a whoppin. we had sit down breakfast, lunch and supper together. if you were late you didnt eat. we also were made to take naps, and behave when we had company. ALL that has gone out the window, and now everyone does their own thing. INDOORS, fat dumb and so called happily depressed, obease, and diabetic, and alergic. So , want it all to change? Its easy turn off everything, open the windows, throw the kids outside, make 3 regular meals, make em do there chores, and a good whoopin never hurt no one. Ha, Ha, let us all bringit back.