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Understanding Allergic Reactions

Kathleen MacNaughton
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Kathleen MacNaughton, RN, is a licensed registered nurse and consumer...

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Friday, May 01, 2009
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We get a lot of questions on this site about what people assume are allergic reactions to something. But the truth is, some of the symptoms described don't sound at all like allergic reactions. It seems there is a lot of confusion about what an allergic reaction truly is, so today's post will help sh...
  1. Skin Conditions
    Anonymous
    Friday, May 01, 2009 at 08:24 PM

    You mention that many skin conditions are thought to be allergies at first, but are not.  How can you find out what they are?

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An allergy is the immune system's over-reaction to a normally harmless substance called an allergen.

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