Dermatology
The Potential Sequelae of Missed Opportunities: How Systemic Type 2 Inflammation Can Shape a Patient's Life
Dr. Nicole Chase describes a potential hypothesis for the link between the shift to an industrialized society and the rise in type 2 inflammatory diseases, highlighting the loss of immunomodulatory mechanisms driven by helminthic infections. She explains how unopposed immune responses to common environmental allergens may cause chronic type 2 inflammation, manifesting throughout the body.