Is it possible to develop allergies?

Yes it is possible. With things like beestings, pollin, pennicillin, sawdust, it's easy to develop an allergy. It's just a matter of how your body reacts to certain things.

I've heard of many cases like yours, and it's a common thing to once be able to resist something, and then after a while have it bother your sinuses, skin, etc.
I hope I've answered your question well.
Patrick

Seems so. I have a friend who was a nurse for many years until she became allergic to latex (I can see the difference between latex and pollen though), and now she has to work the front desk instead of caring for patients which is kind of a drag.

When I was 17 I found out I was allergic to flouride. I'd used flouride toothpaste my whole life but around age 17 I started to break out all around my mouth and no matter what the doctors would prescribe it would never go away. Finally one doctor told me to try using non-flouride toothpaste and my skin finally cleared up. Recently, I have developed an allergy to old funky dust. For the last three and a half years I have worked in a very old buildings (80ish years old) and whenever I have to go into the attic to retrieve a file my nose runs, my sinuses get painful, I get sinus headaches, etc. Never had a problem with dust before and I don't have problems with regular household dust, its only the old building funkiness up in the attic that i'm allergic.

Yes it is very possible to develop allergies. When I was 12 I developed allergies to 7 different kinds of fruits, hazelnuts, almonds, molds, and pollens. It came absolutely out of now where one day when I was eating an apple. So yes it's very possible to develop allergies.

Hi, I am new at this but feel a forum of this sort can be helpful. I had allergies as a child to the most common forms of allergens such as pollen, dust, cat dander, trees and grass. I saw an allergist and eventually was being treated with allergy shots for desensitization. This therapy lasted approximately three years and other than the odd seasonal allergy symtoms, that I treated with over the counter antihistamines, i've had no major problems up until a few years ago. I found out that I am highly allergic to latex , in fact it has caused me to pass out, so now I have to carry an epinephrine auto injector or "epi-pen" as it is commonly refered to. The summer of 2003 I had a major reaction causing hives and asthma and can only speculate that it was caused by ragweed pollen. My best advice to you is to keep a journal of when you seem to get a reaction and write down where and what you were doing and possibly what you ate at the time of or before your reaction. This will help your doctor or allergist better help you. Good luck

All through one's life one many not have allergy to a certain substance but can become allergic later on. This is termed under delayed hypersensitivity.

My husband has never had any kind of allergic reactions. Then last august he would wake up in the morning and both his eyes and his upper lip would be swollen we are trying to find out what he is allergic to. He has been tested for everything we could possibly imagine and with no positive reaction. Is it possible that it may not be an allergic reaction at all but something else that is happenng within his body? Our doctor's have no answers. What do we do? He is living on antihistamines.

I'm 33 and just within the past two years developed food allergies (and suffered anaphylaxis) from orange juice and almonds. It was very surprising to me!

Let me add to the above post, i've added exercise-induced anaphylaxis to my list of maladies. never knew it existed till two nights ago!

Yes, as our system changes a lot in your lifetime as I know as I am that way with laundry soap and bleach, as one minute I am o.K. With it & the next time I pay dearly for it.

Sincerely,
sandy

Generally, you can't have an allergy to something unless you have been exposed to it previously.

Up until about a year and a half ago, I had no allergies at all. Then, suddenly, one night I had hives all over my body. Over the next few weeks, it got worse & worse. I had no clue what was happening, and whenever i'd call the doctor his answer was, "i need to see it..." yea big help he was. Finally, one day when my lips were very swollen, I went to him and he sent me for food allergy testing -- and what do you think came back - milk! After living my entire 22 years of life allergy free, I am now severly allergic to milk. Lucky me, right? You couldn't imagine... Milk is in everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Good luck!
Sara

Please! Even you state, "milk is in everything." lactose intolerant people (like me) have known this for years! Milk and milk by-products (like whey) are indeed in many foods. So, it seems rather than being an anomaly, your severe allergy is again, proof you were previously exposed, (probably many times) only to find later in life, all of a sudden, you're allergic. You cetainly didn't have to be drinking milk all those years to be allergic now! Oh, and by-the-way, did you never have any milk as a baby or growing up as a kid?! [and, its a proven medically researched fact: you display allergic symptoms only to that which you are now exposed, to something you were previously exposed. ] some people ask, "how can a new-born be allergic to mother's milk"? Simple! Before the baby was born, it was exposed to many things while in the womb!

Bottom line is that you get more toxic each year you eat foods with ingredients you can not even pronounce. With your digestive system in shambles, you're immune system is just weak and it will continue to get weaker until you do a major cleanse, then change your diet.

i used to have many allergies, all of which left after I did a 7 day cleanse which included a colonic each day and a very strict no solid food regiment.

I'm a 62 year old male. I have been living with 3 long hair cats for going om 3 years...never allergic...could I develop an allergy to them-now?

Im 22 and have never been allergic to anything in my life, but Ive been having allergy symptoms for about two weeks now. I have no idea what Im allergic to but this is getting on my nerves.Is there any good allergy medicine i can take if my nose,my throat and my eyes are itchy??