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 * //Causes//** by Wonjun Lee and Dillon Chai

There aren't many ways you can become allergic to certain things, and there are basically two ways:

1. Inherit allergies from your parents. Studies show that children with one parent that has allergies has a 40% chance they will get allergies too. However, if both parents have allergies, then the possibility the child will have it goes up to 70%.

2. When your body defense system, or immune system is unstrengthened and weakened. By taking in certain allergens (things that cause allergies), when you are weakened, might make you become allergic to certain things. Therefore, most people become allergic before the age of 3, when their immune system is at the weakest.

This is the only way you will become allergic.

The cause of allergic reactions are due to intake of the allergen, and the body mistakenly thinks it is dangerous. Therefore, it releases many chemicals to protect itself, and these chemicals produce the symptoms of an allergic reaction. http://www.trulymedia.com/images/histamines.jpg

This picture shows histamine, the chemical that produces allergic reactions, being released.

Quiz Question: How do you get allergies and why do your reactions happen?