Hygiene_hypothesis Hygiene_hypothesis

Hygiene hypothesis - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Assertion, Assumption, Axiom, Basis, Conjecture, Data, Foundation, Ground, Inference, Lemma, Position, Postulate, Premise, Premiss

In medicine, the hygiene hypothesis says that an excessively hygienic environment in early childhood may predispose some people towards asthma, allergies, and other autoimmune diseases.

It is hypothesized that in the absence of sufficient natural external challenges, the child's developing immune system may start to target the body's own tissues instead, resulting in autoimmune disease in later life.

Example Usage of hypothesis

TaviGreiner: oh shoot - I'm missing the Lunar Cataclysm hypothesis lecture! I wonder if its too late to dial in for the audio
raganella7: RT @MotherNatureNet: Let your kids eat mud? A scientific study supports the hygiene hypothesis http://tinyurl.com/yatfttb (via @rshreeves)
rshreeves: RT @MotherNatureNet: Let your kids eat mud? A scientific study supports the hygiene hypothesis http://tinyurl.com/yatfttb
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