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allergy

noun as in reaction to certain food, material, etc.

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He was admitted to the hospital, where he learned that shortness of breath he’d been feeling for a month was a bilateral pulmonary embolism, not just allergies.

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Jayden Poole, 17, who has an allergy to milk, said her mother would previously not allow her to eat anything from a bakery or sandwich shop because labels "couldn't be relied on".

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Attendee Lien Nguyen, whose love for the kittens overrode her cat allergy, admitted she’d drop her book the second a cat came into her vicinity.

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Puppy Spot opposed the bill, writing in a letter to lawmakers that it would dismantle a system they say works for families — particularly those seeking specific breeds for allergy concerns.

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Luis developed a rash, but at the medical clinic he was given allergy medication and sleeping pills.

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