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What Are Allergies

Allergy is a common word that we use in our daily life no matter if we have some or if we are talking about someone who is allergic to something. Allergies are of different kinds and there can be multiple reasons of their occurrence. Smoke and dust allergies are the most common types of allergy and people having these face most of the trouble at times. It is necessary to have knowledge about allergies and what causes them. Here are some points which should help you in understanding this phenomenon better. 1. When a person is allergic, his or her body reacts to a particular substance in such a way that some chemicals are released by the body during the process which cause allergy symptoms. 2. A particular medicine may also cause side effects such as pimples. However, it does not necessarily mean that the person is allergic to that medicine. It may be due to some component present in it. Most of the medicines are made from herbs and many people are allergic to herbs. Ev