10 Worst Pieces of Advice Allergy Doctors Have Ever Heard

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Allergies are hypersensitive responses from the immune system to substances that either enter or come into contact with the body. Nearly half of Americans have some type of allergy—how many of these allergy myths have you fallen for?

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