Do people with a lot of allergies get sick less often?

Question

Do they produce antibodies more rapidly than average, or what?

Answer 1

No, if anything people with allergies are sick more frequently than their non-allergic counterparts. With allergies, you have more inflammation in the nose and sinuses and are, therefore, more prone to sinus infections.

It is true that allergy sufferers have more antibodies, but this is exclusively IgE antibody which does not help in fighting off common infections.

Answer 2

Actaully every Dr I've ever seen says exactly the opposite. You are MORE likley to get Asthma, bronchitis, whooping cough, flu ect.

Also want to mention that my daughter - when she was smaller was ALWAYS getting something. We live in Maine and in the winter - it was ALWAYS soemething - colds, sinusitis, bronchitis, ear infec. There was ALWAYS something and the DR told us it was ALLERGIES. Hpwever, since she has been on meds and allergy shots every 2 weeks, things have calmed down ALOT. She still gets a touch of the flu, headaches, stomach aches, but nothing that she would need to be seen for.

Answer 3

No. My husband has bad allergies and he gets sick with respiratory type infections all of the time.

Answer 4

OMG! Allergies=feel like you have the flu all the time, eyes itch, burn and are swollen, nose is stopped up and you cannot smell, you sneeze all the time. That is "sick" to me.

Answer 5

Depends on the person and the allergy.

Answer 6

It's possible, I have a lot alergies and i'm rarely ever sick. I don't know 4 sure tho...

shouldn't sneezing and coughing and eye problems and etc. count as being sick?

Answer 7

I think so, because that is what happens to me