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I had terrible allergies as a kid. I grew up in a city and would go back to farms in South Dakota and Iowa to see family, and would be miserable. I then joined

I had terrible allergies as a kid. I grew up in a city and would go back to farms in South Dakota and Iowa to see family, and would be miserable. I then joined the military, and went to certain schools where you are not actually allowed to take allergy meds for safety reasons. I had an allergy attack (some kind of crazy histamine reaction) that honestly made me think I was going to collapse. Woke up the next morning, and I've had no allergy symptoms for about a decade now. This is to say ... go outside.

jagraff 4y ago
I’m glad that worked for you, but for some people with allergies each attack can make the allergy worse, as the immune system sensitizes itself to the allergen in the presence of inflammation. One treatment for allergies is exposure, but that is done using extremely small doses to allow the immune system to “see” the allergen without inflammation and thus lessen the response.