http://www.allergiesshop.com/questions/how-do-people-with-severe-allergies-who-live-in-a-bubble-breathe/ Online source to buy allergy supplies and get information on allergies! Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:02:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.allergiesshop.com/questions/how-do-people-with-severe-allergies-who-live-in-a-bubble-breathe/comment-page-1/#comment-897 elephant Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:52:05 +0000 http://www.allergiesshop.com/questions/how-do-people-with-severe-allergies-who-live-in-a-bubble-breathe/#comment-897 i'm pretty sure there is an air purifier attached on the outside. i’m pretty sure there is an air purifier attached on the outside.

]]> http://www.allergiesshop.com/questions/how-do-people-with-severe-allergies-who-live-in-a-bubble-breathe/comment-page-1/#comment-896 Katie W Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:18:10 +0000 http://www.allergiesshop.com/questions/how-do-people-with-severe-allergies-who-live-in-a-bubble-breathe/#comment-896 People with that severe allergies generally go live in one of the very isolated communities that cater to life-threatening allergy sufferers; I recall reading about one in the middle of the desert somewhere (very little growing, cuts down on allergens; very dry, so little to no mold or mildew, either), with very minimal houses (chemicals in carpeting and paints, etc, can also trigger many sensitivities and allergies). No bubbles, but still a very strong isolation. The concept of "living in a bubble" was made famous because of the "Boy In the Bubble", a boy who had no functioning immune system, so would die if exposed to any infectious organisms, having no defense at all against them. These days, there are treatments to create some immune function in such patients, so the last-ditch "isolation treatment" is generally not necessary. In what I can find about the two "bubble boy" cases, most references were on the effects of such a life, and attempted treatments, not on their ventilation systems; but one noted an extremely fine air filtration system (catching anything larger than 3 microns) in the mobile suit sometimes used for one. People with that severe allergies generally go live in one of the very isolated communities that cater to life-threatening allergy sufferers; I recall reading about one in the middle of the desert somewhere (very little growing, cuts down on allergens; very dry, so little to no mold or mildew, either), with very minimal houses (chemicals in carpeting and paints, etc, can also trigger many sensitivities and allergies). No bubbles, but still a very strong isolation.
The concept of “living in a bubble” was made famous because of the “Boy In the Bubble”, a boy who had no functioning immune system, so would die if exposed to any infectious organisms, having no defense at all against them. These days, there are treatments to create some immune function in such patients, so the last-ditch “isolation treatment” is generally not necessary.
In what I can find about the two “bubble boy” cases, most references were on the effects of such a life, and attempted treatments, not on their ventilation systems; but one noted an extremely fine air filtration system (catching anything larger than 3 microns) in the mobile suit sometimes used for one.

]]> http://www.allergiesshop.com/questions/how-do-people-with-severe-allergies-who-live-in-a-bubble-breathe/comment-page-1/#comment-895 Tiffany Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:42:10 +0000 http://www.allergiesshop.com/questions/how-do-people-with-severe-allergies-who-live-in-a-bubble-breathe/#comment-895 people live in bubbles? people live in bubbles?

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