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A member asked:
If you have year round allergies, does this help your immune system detect cancer and kill it off since your immune system is "active" in allergies? or does cancer cells just avoid your immune system regardless how " active" it is?
5 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
If only: I'm not aware of any data that indicates people with chronic allergy have a lower incidence of cancer. I wish it were so since I also suffer with chronic allergies!
Answered 12/1/2020
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Agree with Dr. W: There is no objective evidence that allergies are protective of cancer. Have a healthy diet, exercise 30 minutes/day, drink plenty of water daily so your urine is mostly colorless, have safe sex, no tobacco alcohol weed or street drugs. For nutrition: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/. Get HPV vaccine. Wish you good health!
Answered 11/28/2020
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