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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
Any true allergy can develop at any age. The members of my family don't get an iodine (as in seafood) allergy until they are well into their 70s.
Now, some "allergies" like lactose intolerance, for example, aren't really allergies at all, but enzyme deficiencies, and those are usually genetic and present at birth.
But, anyone who says that all of your allergies are present from early in youth, knows pretty much nothing about the immune system. Maybe they forgot what they should have learned in medical school ... maybe they were asleep that day .... they just don't know what they are talking about.
Oh, and "ps" .... I've had IBS all my life. Awful not knowing exactly what it is from, but when I get a bout, the pain is insane! Also, I had undiagnosed migraines for years. That was not a lot of fun, especially when people say you are faking, and not "really" sick, and you feel like you just want to freaking die. So, before you call anyone a hypochondriac (and this is not directed at you, koland), make SURE it's true. Granted some people just play sick for the attention, but there are a LOT of people out there who actually have problems that are real and get ignored or overlooked. Hell, they didn't know my wrist was broken for three months ... that didn't mean that the pain was imaginary ... just meant they hadn't spotted the problem.
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Ricky, I'm going to assume that this was a "shot over my bow" and say that my In-Laws live with us and therefore I know exactly what medical conditions my Mother-In-Law has and which ones are manufactured for attention. I am not alone in this, my husband believes it as well. As it turns out, she has been checked for celiac disease and the test was negative as are the majority of the tests they run on her on a fairly frequent basis. The situation causes a great deal of stress in my family which we deal with to the best of our ability. I am not the type of person who would make a claim like this lightly or without cause.