SC - Scungilli versus conch- OP

[Mordonna22@aol.com]

    OK, here's my 2 cents worth. Most of the people I know who have
allergies tend to spend most of the time in air conditioned environments.
There are several risk factors there, most notably mold and spores living in
the ductwork. Also, those who live that lifestyle (air conditioned work,
car, home) tend to have minimal exposure to things that can stress (i.e.
work out or strengthen) the immune and related systems. Generally speaking,
the more insular the lifestyle, the worse the allergies. I've also always
harbored a sneaking suspicion that it's psychosomatically induced, and is a
manifestation of some kind of self destructive stress reaction.
    I've worked construction, and I don't know of anybody in the trades with
allergies. Same thing with any field that gets you out into the great
outdoors, and puts dirt under your fingernails. But I know lots of teachers
and computer geeks who are allergic to something new every week.
    I don't know if one leads to another, but there seems to be a definite
relationship.

    Sieggy
>
> Can I ask something, seriously? Why is it that you Americans have all
these
> allergies? I wouldn´t know about other nations, but severe food allergies
> are rare here in Iceland. The only person I´ve ever known who had a
seafood
> allergy was my ex-son-in-law, and he is British. I´ve done some catering
of
> large parties and I´ve never once been asked about ingredients by allergy
> sufferers, or had to give allergies or diet restrictions any thought at
> all - not that I wouldn´t have done so but this has never come up. I know
> people who don´t like mushrooms, or nuts, or certain spices, but no one
who
> is allergetic to them.