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What is really going on inside you when you have an allergic reaction?

Imagine your body has a brilliant little army that fights off germs and keeps you well. Most of the time it is spot on. But sometimes it charges into battle against a peanut, or a speck of pollen, or a bit of cat fur, things that could never actually hurt you. What on earth is going on inside you when that happens?

A nurse in purple gloves doing a skin prick test on someone's forearm, with a tray of labelled test drops on the bench behind
Photo: National Institutes of Health (NIH) · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

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