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Parkinson's disease & allergiesUnderstanding Parkinson's diseaseMillions of people throughout the world suffer every year from chronic allergies; these can be allergies from their pets, to dust and spores. A recent study has shown that these people who suffer from chronic allergies are up to three times more likely to develop Parkinson's disease at some time in their life. Sufferers of allergic rhinitis which is an allergy in which the sufferer seems to have a permanent cold appear to be at much greater risk of developing Parkinson's. The research conducted gathered information which showed a link to conditions which cause inflammation and breakdown of brain cells and found a decidedly big increase in cell death in people suffering from rhinitis. This research is indeed worrying as there are thought to be over five million people in the UK alone who suffer from perennial allergic rhinitis, a condition which more often than not is triggered by allergens such as the house dust mite, skin flakes from pets and spores. Researchers are now speculating that the inflammation which is caused by the allergy may release certain chemicals into the brain which inadvertently kill brain cells, which is exactly what happens in Parkinson's disease. Scientists however did stress however that the study didn't prove that allergies were a cause of Parkinson's disease but rather that there was an association between the two. The study primarily came about from another study which showed that people who took anti inflammatory drugs on a regular basis were less likely to develop Parkinson's disease. The concluding results of this test then prompted scientists to look deeper into the link between Parkinson's and diseases which are characterised by inflammation. The study was made looking at 196 people who had developed Parkinson's disease and matched them with people of a similar age and sex who didn't have Parkinson's, they were then studied over a period of 20 years. Both of the groups were then examined to find out if the people suffering from Parkinson have had more inflammatory diseases, from this study scientists concluded that those who had allergic rhinitis were 2.9 times more likely to go on to develop Parkinson's disease. Therefore the association with getting Parkinson's disease is increased to almost three times as much as that of someone who doesn't suffer from allergic rhinitis, which scientists said was a very high elevation. It is thought that people who have allergic rhinitis mount an immune response with their allergy so that they become more likely to mount that same response in the brain as well, which then would lead to inflammation. The brain then responds by releasing certain chemicals which then inadvertently kill cells in the brain the same as is seen in Parkinson's disease. |
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