What Are Allergies? - Secretly Healthy

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Allergy – causes and treatments.

-Allergy is an improperly functioning immune system.

The body of an allergic person reacts to certain substances in our environment that are otherwise not harmful.
Such substances are referred as allergens.
The reaction of the allergen usually creates inflammation, which causes various symptoms such as hay fever, eczema, asthma and many more.

What are Allergies

The mechanism of allergic reactions.

Antibodies protect person’s from viruses, bacteria and infection.

At allergic person’s immune system mistakenly recognizes the allergen as an enemy and begins to produce antibodies to defend against them.

Such antibodies, which are referred as immunoglobulin E (IgE) are binding to mast cells which are in abundance under the skin surface, the nose, the eyes, the lungs and gastrointestinal tract.

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