Would you care cite a (non-quack) source for this claim?
I've read that under stress the immune system shuts down. No link. It was in a book.
GovernmentShrinker: Would you care cite a (non-quack) source for this claim?
concerned about politics: I've read that under stress the immune system shuts down. No link. It was in a book.
A very late response to this (I just noticed it as I was skimming my post list for something else):
Auto-immune diseases are not diseases in which the immune system shuts down, in whole or in part. In fact they are the exact opposite. They are diseases in which the body's immune system turns on itself, attacking parts of the sufferer's body as if they were foreign invaders. Also, asthma (which is what editor-surveyor was referring to) is not an auto-immune disease. Rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and lupus are among the most common auto-immune diseases.