I do think there is something in the theory of over cleanliness causing allergies (definitely just a theory in my case, lol) but something else is going on. I have 3 daughters, eldest and youngest are fit as fleas, healthy as hunters. The middle one has suffered from eczema since birth and has lately been diagnosed as suffering with psoriatic arthritis. All 3 grew up in the same house eating the same food and inhaling the same germs.
My mother suffered from eczema and crippling arthritis but had no allergies. I suffered with terrible eczema the whole time I was married. It vanished when my marriage ended and never came back......I have non specific anaphylaxis (gross ideopathic oedema). So as far as I am concerned, these things are a genetic flaw in my family and my unfortunate middle daughter is the only one who has inherited the flaw.
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