Yet another study on over exposure

[AndriaD]

This study aside... Nicotine has been proven to have a profound effect on the immune system inhibiting both the innate and adaptive immune responses. Nicotine affects both humoral and cell-mediated branches of the immune system and produces an altered immune response that is characterized by a decrease in inflammation, a decreased antibody response and a reduction in T cell-receptor-mediated signaling. A multitude of studies have been done on the immunosuppresive and anti-inflammatory effect of nicotine in treating autoimmune disorders such as MS, RA, Chrons, Alzheimers, Parkinson's and others.

Which could explain why smoking seemed to alleviate a lot of my allergy symptoms -- not all, they didn't vanish, but they did seem a lot milder than before I smoked.

Andria

 

[YoursTruli]

Which could explain why smoking seemed to alleviate a lot of my allergy symptoms -- not all, they didn't vanish, but they did seem a lot milder than before I smoked.

Andria

Strangely, smoking actually made a lot of these autoimmune (neurological) disorders worse and increased the risk of someone acquiring ones such as MS, Chrohn's and Alzheimer's, (while decreasing it in others such as Parkinson), yet nicotine on it's own has been shown beneficial in the treatment of various neurological disorders that smoking made worse or increased the chances of occurrence.