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Your Allergy Guide

 An allergy is an abnormal sensitivity or reaction of your immune system to a substance (an allergen) that you eat, inhale or touch. Non-allergic people can usually tolerate this substance. Nearly 50% of all people who suffer from allergies have hay fever. If both parents have allergies, their children are more likely to develop an allergy, although not always the same kind of allergy.

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Dr Morris is the Principal Allergist at the Cape Town and Johannesburg Allergy Clinics with postgraduate diplomas in Allergology, Dermatology, Paediatrics and Family Medicine dealing with both adult and childhood allergies.

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