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The Riddle of Red-Eyes and Runny-Noses

Curious Cases

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When Do We First Develop Alogies?

It's partly down to your genetics. If you have a family history of bingelogy, like your mum has er alogies, your grandparents, your sibblings and so on, then you have a genetic make up that makes you more susceptible to having alogies. And then the second thing that will happen is that, let's say when you come across that peanut, that grass pollen, that house dust mit, whatever it might be, there's something that happens that confuses your emmune system. It's like a bit of a case of mistaken identity. Yes, it's all your brilliant immune system that works fantastically most of the time, just

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