Immune System in Allergy

It is my understanding that some people are being given cyclosporine and other strong immunosuppresive treatments to reduce allergies. There are some problems with this kind of treatment, including:

• Long term kidney damage
• Infections gained while immuno-suppressed
• Flare up of long term infections -- particularly those responsible for the immune disorder!
• Ignoring the underlying problem

Many forms of immune disease originate from a long term low level infection of _any_ sort, including bacteria, yeast, viruses, or parasites, or other persistent factors that the body has not been able to completely eliminate. With the immune system on alert and without rapid success, the natural mutation processes of the immune system begin to generate a broader set of antibodies. This is a strategy which will likely find another chink in the offending organism's armor; but may also hit upon a chink in the body's own armor, _possibly_ resulting in auto-immune disease if a prolonged battle ensues.