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Time to abandon the hygiene hypothesis: new perspectives on allergic disease, the human microbiome, infectious disease prevention and the role of targeted hygiene

The Hygiene Hypothesis has been under debate for quite a few years, or rather decades, and it is time to scrap it; the immune system doesn’t work like that. We don’t need repeated infections to stay health and have a functioning immune defense.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4966430/

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Immune regulation of bone loss by Th17 cells

The disregulation of cells and immune system (TH17 helper cells) caused by Covid-19 infection can lead to bone loss and inflammatory states in the skeleton and joints including arthritis.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2592787/?fbclid=IwAR2ZTYCeYj9kYujrFR0MDli15Wg4PiYUWZlOX4zSKPOBxUBEFMIDdU6fJNo