Adrian Peterson

My favorite food was seafood, and that's all I used to eat. And then there I was, 27 years old, and bam, I have this allergic reaction - and it's life-threatening. So it's very important to spread the word and spread awareness so people can be better prepared in case anaphylaxis occurs in their life.

American Athlete

Nick Yarris

The world on the outside was tougher than I imagined. I felt allergic to fresh air, and my feet hurt from wearing shoes again. I didn't know how long I was going to live, so I did everything as fast as I could.

American Writer

Laurent Baheux

I started photographing amazing African wildlife for my own pleasure. It was like a much-needed antidote to my life in the city, which I was fast becoming allergic to.

French Photographer

Jameela Jamil

I became allergic to virtually all fruits and vegetables, and my weight tumbled. I am 5ft. 10in. but dropped to just 8 st. 7lbs.

English Celebrity

Robert Sean Leonard

I'm allergic to the word 'important' in film and theatre. Cancer research is important.

American Actor

Kobe Bryant

The only thing I'm afraid of is bees. I don't like bees. I'm allergic to them.

American Basketball Player

Joanne Liu

I'm completely allergic to being politically correct.

Canadian Scientist

Naseeruddin Shah

I never go to film festivals. I am allergic to them.

Indian Actor

Neneh Cherry

Swedish Musician

Stephen A. Smith

American Journalist

Allergic usually describes physical symptoms like itching, sneezing, or rashes, indicating a body's defense response.

Physical Reactions

Allergic reactions can range from mild to life-threatening. Learn to see hints about the severity from context.

Seriousness Varies

Being allergic is a medical condition, not just disliking something.

Not Dislike

This definition of allergic is used figuratively, meaning a strong dislike or aversion, not a real allergy.

Figurative Sense

When saying someone is allergic to an abstract concept, like 'work,' it's usually an exaggeration for effect.

Often Hyperbolic

Using 'allergic' for non-physical reactions is often informal, and might be humorous or sarcastic.

Informal Usage

 while the more likely culprit is the original infection, or a reaction between the infection and the antibiotic. However, genuine penicillin allergies, where our immune systems mistake penicillin for an attacker, do occur rarely and can be very dangerous. So if you think you’re allergic but don’t know for sure,

The accident that...

 and very low blood pressure. It can be deadly. The body can even have an allergic reaction to itself causing auto-immune disorders, like multiple sclerosis, lupus, and type 1 diabetes. But even non-life threatening allergy symptoms can make you miserable, so what can you do about it?

Why do people have...

 Now, she's afraid of bees and she's allergic to them, so I poured more resin on the canvas, thinking I could hide it or something. Instead, the opposite It sort of created a magnification, like a magnifying glass, on the dictionary text. So what did I do? I built more boxes.

A journey through the...

 Inside it is a drug called epinephrine. Epinephrine can restart the beat of my heart, or it could stop a life-threatening allergic reaction. An injection of this right here will do it. It would be like turning the ignition switch in my body's fight-or-flight machinery.

A crash course in...

 that prevents your blood from clotting. That compound, which we're mildly allergic to, triggers the release of histamine, a chemical that makes our capillaries swell. This enables increased blood flow, which helpfully accelerates the body's immune response

Why do we itch? - Emma...

 and the influence of a media company yet seems to be allergic to the responsibilities of a media company. Imagine McDonald's. We find 80 percent of their beef is fake, and it's giving us encephalitis,

How Amazon, Apple,...

 terribly allergic to bees and afraid of them so I covered it in more resin thinking I would hide it the opposite happened I discovered an optical quality the text was magnified this built me

Why I think inside the...

 of the world but when we import eco fuel partly made from oil palm we are also contributing to this so we have to ask for the right product if we're all you know allergic to nuts we would

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 Wheat allergy is an uncommon condition that occurs when a person's immune system mounts an allergic response to wheat proteins, leading to mild problems, and in rare cases,

What’s the big deal with...

 are now transforming lives all over the country they're being trained to detect the early warning signals for severe allergic reactions epileptic fits and narcolepsy