BY
JAMES LYONS-WEILER VIA THE WORLD MERCURY PROJECT
Crohn’s. Lupus. Autism. ADHD. Food allergies. Celiac disease.
Sjögren’s syndrome. Polymyalgia rheumatica. Multiple sclerosis. Anklyosing
spondylitis. Type 1 diabetes. Vasculitis. Peripheral neuropathy. The list goes
on, and on, and on. We are being increasingly diagnosed with these conditions
and diseases of unknown origin, and science has very little to say – why would
autoimmune diseases and mysterious diseases of inflammation be so prevalent?
When did this increase start?
As an observer and participant in modern biomedical research,
and a lover of deep history, I tend to focus not on the immediate or last few
years, but look for trends of accumulating risk over longer periods of time.
Seeking an answer to the question of “when”, I used Pubmed to estimate, per
yer, the number of studies and papers discussing diseases and conditions of
unknown origin. I search for the term “unknown causes”, and also for the term
“journal” to get some idea of the percentage of studies, papers and editorials
discussing disease of unknown causes. I had no idea what to expect.
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