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'Confusion in the immune system': How allergies can develop later in life - BBC

By Jamie Ducharme

'Confusion in the immune system': How allergies can develop later in life - BBC

We often think of allergies as the result of an unlucky hand dealt in childhood, or even before birth. But "any person, at any point in their life, can develop a new allergy".

In cases where later-in-life allergies have a likely cause, such as inflammation related to an illness or gut microbiome changes after a course of antibiotics, there are clues about how to potentiall… [+255 chars]

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