1. Hygiene Hypothesis - Too Clean for Good Health
Additionally, the rate of communicable diseases, such as diarrheal and parasitic diseases, is far more prevalent in the third world and underdeveloped communities. ... In fact, allergic and autoimmune disease is almost unheard of among underdeveloped nations; but what is the catalyst behind the growing quantity of autoimmune and allergic disease in the industrialized world? ... Industrialized countries, like the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, tend to have increased sanitation practices among the public as well as in hospitals and clinics compared to second and third world natio...
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