Curious Kids: Can Your Body Get Used to Something You Are Allergic To?

The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they'd like an expert to answer. Karen and Dawn ask: if you have lots of the thing you’re allergic to, does your body eventually get used to it? An expert in nutrition and dietetics explains.
Some people are allergic to things in the air, such as pollen, dust and animal hair. Other people are allergic to certain foods, or things that we touch.
When you are allergic to something, your body mistakenly thinks that the thing you are allergic to is going to cause you harm.
This triggers your immune system (which normally fights infections) to start fighting whatever you’re allergic to. Then you get symptoms, which are the signs that something is wrong in your body.
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