I think "inflammation" is the modern day's "bad humors". We don't really understand the relationship between inflammation and illness and yet inflammation get's sold to the public as an important cause. Unfortunately, anti-inflammatory drugs don't improve outcomes for heart disease or Alzheimer's, even though inflammation is somehow implicated.
So mucking about with worms or other parasites to give the immune system something to do is most likely not a good idea until we better understand the underlying mechanisms.
So mucking about with worms or other parasites to give the immune system something to do is most likely not a good idea until we better understand the underlying mechanisms.