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Are you nuts about allergies? Answer the questions and see how you compare with other TryScience visitors.
What allergies do you have?
Food
None
Asthma
Other
Both a and c
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.
Are allergies hereditary?
No - they are something you pick up from the environment.
Yes - some types of allergies are hereditary.
Not sure.
Are you nuts about allergies?
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