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  Are you nuts about allergies? Answer the questions and see how you compare with other TryScience visitors. 

 Sneeze Graphic What allergies do you have?
 Food
 None
 Asthma
 Other
 Both a and c

Peanut Graphic What are allergies?
 An annoying twist of fate.
 People with allergies make increased amounts of an immune system antibody called IgE in response to a certain food or other allergy trigger.
 People with allergies have selfish little creatures inside their bodies that don’t like certain foods and stage snotty nose rebellions in protest.

Tears Graphic Are allergies hereditary?
 No - they are something you pick up from the environment.
 Yes - some types of allergies are hereditary.
 Not sure.


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