[nopardons]

Sometimes, if a person eats an enormous amount and mostly one thing, you can become adversely ( read allergic ), to that food. Most of the time, there is nothing which will trigger an allergic reaction; it just is what it is.

It is very unusual for someone to have allergies, of any kind, if they come from a family that contains people who aren't allergic to anything. So yes, though it is not necessarily allergy specific, the genetic tendency is usually there.

Then there is the dramatic climate/geographical change. This is, for the most part, pollen related. People who either move to a different continent/ completely different part of the same country, usually WILL wind up having allergies to pollen/plants/trees; even if and when they move back to their original place of birth.

[Gabz]

Then there is the dramatic climate/geographical change. This is, for the most part, pollen related

Exactly what happened to me when I moved from NYC to Delaware.......had no clue what was going on, thought I had some kind of a major disease.

It's been an interesting discussion, but this has been a long, and right at the moment unhappy, day and so I will bid you all a fond goodnight. I expect this will get picked back up in the morning :)