Hello everyone,
I'm wondering is taking turmeric post-E efficient or not really worth it?
Following the autoimmune theory, should POIS be seen as a one time attack by cytokines and then the symptoms are actually from the body trying to recover from the attack?
Or is the attack continuous for a couple of days (that is for as long as the symptoms last)?
Bonjour Macster!
If we suppose POIS does include hypersensitivities reactions, we then can suppose that the trigger is some substance in the semen. After the initial reaction of the immune system, it is the frenzy and cascading reactions that makes the hypersensitivity symptoms going on and on. Each particular cytokine will lead to other reactions, like other cytokines productions, or cell activation, and so on - the immune system is very, very complex. Once the cytokines storm has begun, you then have a domino effect. I suppose that in POIS, the peak of the chain reaction is on the second day, and then, it slowly begin to fade out. Even after the immune reaction has stopped, your body still has to "clear up the mess" before you feel normal again. Those 2 events - the severe first part, and then the slow recovery phase - are what you can experiment in other acute illness like flu.
Like in any hypersensitivity reaction, it is always better to control them before they start, instead of trying to stop a train already going down the hill.
You can compare that to an allergic reaction to cats. If you take your antihistamine 1 hour before exposure to any cat, you will have less or maybe no symptoms. If you take your antihistamine only once you have begun to feel itchy and have watery eyes, and that you already sneeze, that same pill will help you temper a bit, but the inflammation that is already there will not magically disappear, because some histamine, in this example, already have been released in your body.
So, It is more efficient to block hypersensitivity reactions in the first place, by taking whatever blocks the reaction before it starts. It is also useful to block the reaction even if it has already started - that will limit the damages, and shorten its duration, but in this case, some damage had the time to manifest before the "rescue" has arrived. But in some case, the train may have gotten too much momentum - you may still have to go through a POIS cycle, but what you take can shorthen the duration and decrease the severity of the symptoms.
My explanation, as I said, is based on the hypothesis that there is a hypersensitivity reaction involved in POIS.
