What Are the Different Categories of Allergies?

What Are the Different Categories of Allergies? (1:05)

There are many different types of allergies. In this video, HealthMaker Alkis Togias, MD, Asthma and Inflammation Section Chief at the NIAID, tells us the type of allergy you have depends on where you are, what you eat, and even the drugs you take.

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About Alkis Togias, MD

Alkis Togias, MD is the Chief of the Asthma and Inflammation Section, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health. He has worked in this field for more than a quarter of a century. As branch chief, he plays a leading role on the present and future of medical research in asthma.

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What Are the Different Categories of Allergies?