Quoted from :
http://nceph.anu.edu.au/Ausimmune/index.php
Immune disorders are becoming more common.
Recent work suggests that environmental circumstances can alter immune activity in ways that may or may not be important in various immune disorders such as asthma, allergy, Type 1 Diabetes, autoimmune demyelination and multiple sclerosis.
It is well established that asthma and hayfever are more common in modern times. It also appears that other
immune disorders, including Type 1 Diabetes, Crohn's colitis and multiple sclerosis are becoming increasingly common. The latter three disorders occur when the body's own immune system attacks body organs: the pancreas, bowel lining and central nervous system respectively.
Multiple Sclerosis (an immune disorder)
Here are some articles I read some months back on MS. The fact that MS is six times more common in Tasmania than Brisbane was reported widely in the Australian media at the time (ie: in 2003).
Quoted from:
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health/story.jsp?story=483268
But now Australians, who over the years have received the most dire warnings to keep out of the sun, have found that MS is six times less common in tropical Queensland than it is in Tasmania which has much less sun, particularly in winter. Genetics could not explain the difference: the people of Tasmania and Queensland have the same Anglo-Irish and European ancestors. Children in Tasmania who did not develop MS were more likely to have spent two to three hours a day playing outdoors in summer during weekends and holidays. Maybe these diseases can be prevented by playing in the sun. Fun in the sun, could the answer be so simple?
Quoted from:
http://www.mssociety.ca/en/research/PC030820.htm
Multiple sclerosis has a well-known and varied distribution throughout the world. It is more common in countries that are farther away from the equator. It also has a striking north-south gradient, i.e., MS is more common in the northern United States than in the south, and conversely, is more common in southern Australia than in the north.
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The researchers found that people who had spent more time in the sun when they were between the ages of six and 15 were less likely to develop MS than those who had less exposure to sunlight. Having higher sun exposure during the winter months seemed particularly important.
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Sunlight delivers ultraviolet radiation, which upon coming in contact with the skin, stimulates the body to produce Vitamin D. Several studies have shown that ultraviolet radiation and Vitamin D suppress the activity of immune T cells. Several other studies involving an animal model of MS found the animal disease could be prevented or delayed by giving ultraviolet radiation or the active form of Vitamin D. MS appears to be the result of certain T cells mistakenly attacking the body's own tissues, including myelin, the vital protective cover of the central nervous system.
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