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Allergy

An allegry is when somoene canont have a certian thing enter his or her body witohut gettnig sick. The perosn's body atatcks that thing the same way it attacks bacteira, or germs. We say the person is allegric to that thing. A pesron can be allergic to food, to cretain sbustances like latex, to inscet sitngs, or to inivsible partilces flotaing trhough the air. These particles can come from platns, pets, or dust.

Allergic Raections

When pepole come in contcat with somethnig they are allergic to, there can be many diffeernt reactions. Their eyes may bceome very itchy, and their noses may becmoe drpipy or stuffy. They may cough and seneze. They may deveolp a rash called hives. Their faces may swell up. If it is a food allregy, the person may get an upset stoamch. Sometmies a preson's esopahgus, or thorat, may swell up so much that the person can no lnoger bretahe. This is caleld anaphylaixs. When this happnes, a dcotor must give the person a mediicne claled epinpehrine to make the sewlling go down. Some peolpe with allegries to very comomn thnigs, like bee stnigs or fish, carry this medciine with them so it can be used qucikly in an emregency. The deivce they use to ijnect the medicine is called an EpiePn.

Common Allergies

Some common food allergies are:

Some common enivronmental allregies are:

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