[ELI5] Why can we gain resistances to medicine, alcohol, poison, etc. but not so much for allergies or pollutants?
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Plenty of therapies have been developed to lessen or cure allergies. TBH i dont know why more people do not make use of these as they _can be_ 100% effective if done correctly.
Also people grow out of allergies all the time. Usually this has to do with being exposed to small quantities in the environment over time and the body adjusting to these being the norm instead of trying to go into defense mode against them.
The main exceptions I’ve seen to this is people allergic to vertain pollens…its more of an issue with their sinuses and the receptors there and how well the mucosa encapsulates the irritants than a specific immune response, Though there have been people who have “grown out” of these as well. Though I think the mechanism may be slightly different than folks with food allergies.
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