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People who suffer from allergies are less likely to develop cancer than others.
Scientists believe that a negative reaction to allergies stimulates the immune system, helping protect a person from a potentially fatal disease.
Ronald Crystal, director of the Vail Sornwell Medical Center for Pulmonary Medicine and Intensive Care in New York, says allergies activate our immune system. He says that while this is difficult to prove, this idea exists despite skepticism, as recent studies prove.
The study found that those who suffer from asthma are 30 percent less likely to develop ovarian cancer than others, and children allergic to pollen and others aeroallergens were 40 per cent less likely to develop leukemia than other children. They are also the least affected by throat cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer, and bowel cancer.
The study found that allergies have a certain medical advantage and, while more research is needed, the results show that allergy is a protective factor.
Another study in Canada found that people with allergies, particularly those who are allergic to pollen, are 58 percent less likely to develop cancer pancreas.