Can extreme exposure to allergies cause a fever?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion centers around the relationship between extreme exposure to allergens and the onset of fever. Participants explore whether the immune response to allergens can mimic that of an infection, potentially leading to fever-like symptoms. The conversation touches on personal experiences with allergies and their effects on health.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant describes experiencing a fever after a day of high allergen exposure and questions if the body reacts to allergens like it would to infections.
  • Another participant explains that hypersensitivity or type one allergies involve the immune system recognizing allergens as foreign, leading to an immune response similar to that of an infection.
  • A different participant expresses agreement with the idea that the immune response to allergens could lead to fever.
  • One participant shares a personal anecdote about their son, who has benefited from allergy shots that prevent feverish symptoms, suggesting a change in severity of allergies over time.
  • Another participant notes the current overlap of allergy season and a cold going around, indicating that symptoms may be difficult to attribute solely to allergies.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express varying degrees of agreement regarding the immune response to allergens, but there is no consensus on whether extreme allergen exposure definitively causes fever. Multiple perspectives on the relationship between allergies and fever remain present.

Contextual Notes

The discussion does not fully explore the mechanisms behind the immune response to allergens, and there are references to overlapping health issues (like colds) that may complicate symptom attribution.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals experiencing severe allergies, those interested in immunology, and readers seeking to understand the potential effects of allergens on health may find this discussion relevant.

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On Friday, I was outside nearly all day. I have bad allergies, and supposedly, the past few days have been particularly bad for allergins. Things that don't usually bloom together are, and pollen counts are supposed to be very high.

Anyway, Friday I felt kinda crappy, just cause my body was being raped by allergins all day. Saturday, I got a fever, and I felt like I had a cold. Today, I'm feeling almost all better.

So I was wondering, if you get enough allergins in your system, will your body treat it like any other antigens and pump up the heat to try to kill off the invaders?
 
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Hypersensitivity or type one allergies is just as you described here. The body reconises these proteins as foreign bodies and you B-lymphocytes produce anti bodies, this immuno response is identical to any other infection.

~H
 
Sounds reasonable to me...
 
The shots have helped my son, he no longer gets to the stage of feeling feverish. While he had slighter allergies when he was younger, after he turned 20 they hit him full force.
 
Hope you're feeling better by now. It's hard to say right now...in addition to the bad allergy season this year, there's also a nasty cold going around...the combined effect is really unpleasant.
 

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