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If having an allergy means your immune system turns against you, is having a good immune system going to worsen allergic reactions? (feddit.org)

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[–] Canopyflyer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

In addition to my comment above, not all immune related conditions are the result of the balancing I state above.

Ankalosing spondylitis, which is a rhuematalogical condition that attacks the spine is a bit different. One theory (in the scientific sense) is that the condition is caused by a mis-folded protein response caused by cellular stress. In this case specifically the HLA-B27 protein. You might not have heard of this disease, but it's out there. The lead singer for Imagine Dragons, Dan Reynolds, suffers from the condition.

Edit: it's the HLA-B27 protein, not HLS. That was a typo.