can allergy attack suddenly in certain age?
By shion13
@shion13 (85)
Indonesia
December 14, 2012 1:07am CST
i don't think i've ever suffered from any allergy when i was child. how cold or hot the weather is, no matter what foods i consumed, i didn't get any allergy. one and a half month ago i moved to another city, and recently i got two different allergies which i don't know the cause. i'm confused, which way i can't avoid the things that made me allergy. will this allergies continue until the rest of my life? can allergy attack suddenly in certain age?
3 responses
@emavs9 (63)
• United States
14 Dec 12
Something similar happened to my mom. She grew up with many cats but around the age of 20 became deathly allergic to cats and now cannot even be in the same room as one. Also, just last year she became allergic to nuts, fish, and dogs even though she never had been her whole life. A lot of doctors say this can be caused by stress (which maybe you're feeling from moving to a new city) and also a change in environment (since you changed cities a lot of allergens in the air are different).
Good luck figuring out your allergies and hopefully they go away because sometimes they do!
@Iriene88 (5343)
• Malaysia
14 Dec 12
It seems allergies can attack at any age and gender.
When I was small, I can take Panadol (a brand name for Paracetamol)
for flu and fever. No allergies at all. But when I moved to the
city, out of a sudden I begin to allergy to it. Since then I can't
take any painkiller. That is really weird, right! I always hope
this allergies thing can go away... far far away.
@shion13 (85)
• Indonesia
14 Dec 12
you're allergy to the painkiller you've taken for so long? that's weird!
well for me it looks like the cause is cold weather (the city where i lived before this, was colder than this city!. and even my friend has allergy toward cold weather, i don't know why i'm suddenly easily to get this allergy. it's itchy! when my friend (which has cold weather allergy) didn't get any allergy, i got it. it's weird. it confuses me about the cause of this allergy. :(
@Jennlee3 (292)
• United Kingdom
30 Dec 12
You don't have to be born with an allergy, they can develop at any time. Also, the reason you may now be experiencing allergies for the first time is because, as you said, you moved to a new place. It is possible you are surrounded by something or eating something or coming into contact with something that was previously unfamiliar to you.
