WHY YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD TO GET AN ALLERGY!
THE TRUTH ABOUT ALLERGIES
third of South Africans will suffer from some allergic disease during their lifetime. ‘Allergies tend to run in families, but you can also get them because of exposure from diet or the environment, for example,’ explains allergy specialist, Dr Jean Emberlin. Allergic reactions are your body’s way of trying to protect you. Your immune system mistakes allergens as threats and tries to fight them off, so you get reactions like swelling, itchy eyes, a runny nose, and hives (skin rash) and, in extreme cases,
