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What Is Hygiene Hypothesis?

I would like more information about the Hygiene Hypothesis. I understand the basic idea that exposure to dirt and everyday microbes may be beneficial to building the immune system and avoiding allergies and asthma in later life, but I often hear this hypothesis used as a reason to NOT avoid people with colds, dirty playgrounds, hand-washing, etc. I would like more info about good germ exposure vs bad germ exposure.
Tue, 8 Jul 2014
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I really appreciate your concern, Hypothesis means it is just assumption but have some logic behind that and it is not like just irrelevant, meaning less, slang, unscientific, now for the hygiene it is to take care of your health either physical or mental by means of cleanness, diet, sleep, etc. if you go exposing your self to some microorganism then you would be having more chances to develop the immune system against them, this is academic topic which is not possible here to discus here it just a brief that could help you, have a nice day.
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What Is Hygiene Hypothesis?

HI Thank for asking to HCM I really appreciate your concern, Hypothesis means it is just assumption but have some logic behind that and it is not like just irrelevant, meaning less, slang, unscientific, now for the hygiene it is to take care of your health either physical or mental by means of cleanness, diet, sleep, etc. if you go exposing your self to some microorganism then you would be having more chances to develop the immune system against them, this is academic topic which is not possible here to discus here it just a brief that could help you, have a nice day.