# Why Do Geeky People Often Suffer From Allergies?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 23, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-geeky-people-often-suffer-from-allergies/190378 "2003-07-23T14:44:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-geeky-people-often-suffer-from-allergies/190378/41 "2003-11-06T17:34:58Z")

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Is it true that the incidence of allergies has increased a lot over, say, the last 50 years?

Is it true that people who have been just fine suddenly develop allergies?

Is it known what would cause a non-allergic person to develop allergies?

signed, so-far-non-allergic farm-kid myopic geek  
with late-talking music-playing engineer brother and allergic music-playing other-engineer brother

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