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--- home:othertreatments:probiotics [02.22.2019] – [Effects of probiotics may be subtle] sallieq
+++ home:othertreatments:probiotics [02.22.2019] – [Concerns about probiotics] sallieq
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 When bacteria enter the body – whether described as “friendly” or pathogenic – the innate immune system mounts a response to that presence. Even commensal bacteria can activate innate immune responses.(({{pubmed>long:19161412}})) (({{pubmed>long:12960260}})) One research team found that treatment with probiotics doubles levels of the inflammatory cytokine Interferon-gamma,(({{pubmed>long:18272539}})) confirming that the bacteria do generate a Th1 inflammatory reaction upon their entry into the gut.
-It is likely that probiotics' seeming effectiveness is that patients taking them are overloading their immune response and reducing the amount of bacteria killed, a process which itself leads to diminished immunopathology and relative symptom improvement.
+It is possible that probiotics' seeming effectiveness is that patients taking them are overloading their immune response and reducing the amount of bacteria killed, a process which itself leads to diminished immunopathology and relative symptom improvement.

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