In less than ten years, nut allergies in children have risen by three times to what it used to be in United States. These are the leading causes of dangerous allergies are causing harmful anaphylactic reactions that can lead to death. In 2008, a research team found that 1.4% of children had a peanut allergy; more than three times the 0.4% rate back in 1997.The research carried out in the year 2002 in the U.K suggested that, in every 70, children at least one would likely fall prey to nut allergies. This was a significant rise in the condition as years before a similar study was carried out. Its findings showed that, in every 200 children, one child possibly being allergic to peanuts. A Hygiene Hypothesis was carried out by Dr. Erika Von Mutius in the 1990’s. The purpose of these was to compare different levels at which asthma and allergies occurred in East and West Germany. It was noted that before the two countries unified East Germany was poorer and had less hygienic environments as compared to West Germany. Dr. Von Mutius thought that the children living in East Germany would probably suffer more from allergies than the children in West Germany. Surprisingly it was actually the opposite. The Hygiene Hypothesis came to be, and it showed that due to an increase in personal hygiene, antibodies in immune systems did not have a chance to fight many bacteria as they did in the past. Recent studies show that the peanut allergies are more prevalent in families with a high economic status; this is a strong outcome in its relation to the Hygiene Hypothesis. How many times have you seen a child that was closely followed by their mother or father, hand sanitizer at the ready? Some parents are not letting their child be exposed to any sort of dirty environment without
Being bathed in hand sanitizer. In our clean society, it can be difficult to determine a happy median between