# Who here doesn't have any allergies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754 "2008-03-26T00:43:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/1 "2008-03-26T00:43:00Z")
I’m not bragging or anything but it seems like everyone I know has at least one allergy. Pollen, Ragweed, mold spores? I laugh at you. We can include food problems as well. Lactose intolerance? Ha. I can drink a half gallon of whole milk a day, if I was so inclined. What is a little ironic to me is that I am a pack a day smoker and drink more than I should. I would think that could cause a weakening of my immune system. So who else is lucky in this? For the allergy impaired don’t hate me. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/2 "2008-03-26T00:46:09Z")
I don’t know that I’m allergic to any of the pollen/ragweed/dust/mold things, but I do know that at various points in the year (a couple of months ago, for instance), my nose gets all runny and I take some Zyrtec and it goes away. My mommy says that I’m allergic to tomatoes because they “turn my face red” but I don’t really believe it. My face is always red. ---
**Author:** ![Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rascal_s_Mom)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/3 "2008-03-26T00:48:35Z")
Allergic to nothing. Also have had only one cold in eight years, and it wasn’t even a bad one at that. I am a 49 y.o. woman under a significant amount of stress with about 20 extra pounds on me. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/4 "2008-03-26T00:55:05Z")
I don’t think I’m allergic to anyone. As far as I know, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/5 "2008-03-26T01:16:10Z")
Speaking. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/6 "2008-03-26T01:29:47Z")
No allergies that I know of. I do get a touch of rosacea if I’m in the wind too long. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/7 "2008-03-26T01:34:50Z")
None that I know of up here, but I won’t know for sure until I’ve been here in the spring and summer, since I moved here at the very end of last summer. My nose is fairly runny sometimes, but that’s because it’s very dry. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/8 "2008-03-26T01:35:35Z")
I got nothin’. Not even allergic to poison ivy, and yes, this has been inadvertently tested. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/9 "2008-03-26T01:41:05Z")
No allergies. But I REALLY dislike the smell of cigarette smoke. As it tickles my nose and causes me to sneeze/cough for a little while, but then I can get used to it. But it still tickles, and I dislike the smell. But foods and Meds? Gimmie all you got. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/10 "2008-03-26T01:41:40Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] I don’t think I’m allergic to anyone. As far as I know, I guess. [/QUOTE] AnyTHING, I mean. Sorry, I was watching AI while I was posting. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/11 "2008-03-26T01:42:53Z")
I’ll bet you’re allergic to mosquito saliva, like just about every other human. ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/12 "2008-03-26T01:55:02Z")
Formaldehyde. And hairspray (the tress-taming mist, not the hip musical). Nothing else that I know of. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/13 "2008-03-26T02:00:42Z")
Me! (Except for mosquito saliva, like Ponch8 pointed out.) I do get hugely nauseated by the smell of peanut butter, though. ---
**Author:** ![Amygdala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Amygdala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amygdala)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/14 "2008-03-26T02:42:39Z")
I’m not allergic to anything either (that I know of). When I was younger, my mom thought I had pollen/mold type allergies because I would have a stuffy or runny nose for months at a time, but I haven’t had that problem in at least five years. Now I get maybe one cold a year. I’m gonna guess that it’s not allergies. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/15 "2008-03-26T02:51:01Z")
[QUOTE=MsWhatsit] I got nothin’. Not even allergic to poison ivy, and yes, this has been inadvertently tested. [/QUOTE] OK, I admit I have had poison Ivy before. Isn’t that more of a chemical reaction versus an allergy? If not, even then the only way I get it If I am yanking weeds in the garden without gloves and even then, it is just a few small bumps. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/16 "2008-03-26T03:02:36Z")
[QUOTE=Ponch8] I’ll bet you’re allergic to mosquito saliva, like just about every other human. [/QUOTE] Again, is this an allergy? I will itch like nearly any other human on the planet with a mosquito injection of saliva. Same with chiggers, oh how I hate those retched bastards. ☹ Hopefully a medical professional will show up. I should have been more specific in my OP. I was thinking more of airborne and/or food that we eat, not critters who bite us. But that is my fault, carry on. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/17 "2008-03-26T03:02:48Z")
[QUOTE=gravitycrash] OK, I admit I have had poison Ivy before. Isn’t that more of a chemical reaction versus an allergy? If not, even then the only way I get it If I am yanking weeds in the garden without gloves and even then, it is just a few small bumps. [/QUOTE] I believe it’s a histamine reaction, which is the same/similar to true allergic reactions. But I do think it’s a bit of a misnomer to say that (most) everyone is allergic to mosquito saliva/poison ivy, because I’m not sure it’s really the same thing. Oh, and AFAIK, I’m not allergic to anything. Slightly lactose intolerant, but that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/18 "2008-03-26T18:02:14Z")
The smell of bleach makes me feel really ill. I might be allergic to marijuana. I had one hit on a joint ten years ago, & I couldn’t walk for three hours. I didn’t try that again, but I do _love_ the way it smells. Nothing else. Sturdy peasant stock, I always say. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/19 "2008-03-26T20:01:40Z")
The histamine response is a type I hypersensitivity, a.k.a. “allergy.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754/20 "2008-03-26T20:31:20Z")
Count me in. I had an allergic reaction to some candy when I was a kid. The worst part of it was that it was forbidden candy. I was under strict orders not to eat it. “Um… Mom?” As an adult I found that same candy, and ate it with no problems. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-doesnt-have-any-allergies/442754.md?page=2)