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Your immune system declaring war on a peanut, then losing spectacularly.
means An overblown immune reaction to a harmless substance your body wrongly tags as a threat.
from Coined 1906 by Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet, from Greek allos (other) and ergon (work) — literally altered reaction.
Friendly fireImmune system attacks harmless pollen, food, or dander.
Antibody culpritIgE antibodies trigger most classic allergic reactions.
Hygiene theoryToo-clean childhoods may raise allergy risk.
Peanut paradoxEarly exposure can prevent, not cause, allergies.