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Originally Posted by Michaelangelica
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This would make sense. I think asthma is over- or misdiagnosed to a certain extent. But it is interesting to note that having a lot of extra fat tissue can make the immune system more reactive and inflammatory, so that could possibly increase one's chances for asthma. It also increases one's chances for heart disease, cancer, and some other things...
http://www.nature.com/ncpgasthep/jou...sthep0197.html
http://www.endotext.org/adrenal/adrenal29/adrenal29.htm
(This last link, under the part about diabetes type II, mentions that adipocytes--fat cells--produce a variety of powerful hormones that influence the immune system, such as TNF and IL-6, both of which are good when used in the fight against something nasty in your system, but not so good when they are in your system all the time and your system fights itself.)
