allergy is an abnormally high sensitivity to a certain substance, such as dust, pollens, foods, or drugs. Symptoms of allergies commonly include inflammation, sneezing, itching, and skin rashes.

allergic reaction occurs when your immune system reacts to a foreign substance from the outside world. These foreign substances, normally small proteins, can come from dust mite feces, pollens, molds, and many other natural and man-made objects.

People with seasonal allergic rhinitis (hay fever) only experience symptoms during the time of year when certain allergens are in the air outdoors. When most people talk about allergy season, they're referring to springtime, when plants bloom and tree pollen counts soar. However, summer is the season for grass and weed pollen allergies, and autumn is the time for ragweed and mold allergies.

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Atopic dermatitis, the most common type of eczema, can be a chronic, itchy condition in which the skin is overly sensitive to many things. People with atopic dermatitis also often have a higher likelihood of developing certain allergic conditions, such as a food allergy, hay fever, and asthma. However, atopic dermatitis is not an allergy because it is not a specific response to a specific allergen, and very rarely will finding the allergy and eliminating it completely clear the eczema.

It normally works the other way around. People normally grow into allergies, but some children outgrow food allergies after long periods of avoiding the allergen, and up to half of young children outgrow their asthma, but many find that the symptoms return later in life.