06-06-2006, 06:05 PM
Quote:I'm exactly the opposite of you Kandrathe. I used to have horrendous allergies when I was a child
My sister was horribly allergic to stuff as a child. Excema, severe reactions to fish, tomato products, poultry (but not eggs) and a laundry list of other stuff. She grew out of much of it but still suffers reactions to a few items.
We grew up in a small town and played in the dirt tons. My brothers and I didn't suffer from these kinds of allergies and were generally pretty healthy. One of my brothers and my sister did get the tubes in the ear treatment and one of them got the adenoids removed but fortunately I missed out on that. I do suffer hay fever symptoms as I've gotten older but fortunately they are mostly mild.
As with many of our modern diseases, allergies are complicated. It is probably a combination of genetics, environment and specific incidents in our lives.