So I know that in an anaphylaxis response we give Adrenaline or epinephrine for USA friends. My understanding is that we do this to counteract the body’s response to an allergen.
So we’re stopping our body overreacting and killing us.
So what’s actually dangerous about the allergen? Either now or way back when this response was ingrained into our DNA… like is it to avoid an upset stomach of a peanut? To stop nausea following a shellfish?
In: Biology
Generally? Nothing.
When we’re talking about those things like shellfish & nuts & tomato and all the other things that 99.99% of the population have no problems with, it’s not an evolutionary response to a potential threat or anything of the like, it’s our body’s immune system glitching out and responding to something it doesn’t need to, like a shitty antivirus program falsely flagging MS Word as malware.
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