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Issues/difficulty iterating my allergies

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ZincNSulfite
ZincNSulfite

Can anyone help me find a way to explain what allergies are to someone? What I understand is that allergies are pretty hard to change.

I've had allergies- which have changed a bit since I was born. I have asthma, eczema and food allergies. The person believes 2 things

  1. 'Western' medicine doesn't work or help. Which is true in the sense that my allergies haven't been cured. I've been taking whatever for some time. This person disagrees that I should even take cetirizine because it's 'useless'

    And of course before you respond I have indeed made the counterargument that medicine isn't meant to cure everything and make you grow your leg back.

  2. Ok I forgot what the second thing is.

But the point is I'm not particularly informed, or I guess, apparently not informed enough. First so yeah sorry if this doesn't fit in this forum. I thought this was the best fit, second is there anything one can do about allergies, and why? Third, is there anything I can read or know about to explain this case better?

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