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basically allergic response is just an exaggeration of a normal phenomena where body reacts to a foreign element more vigourously than it should.

It leads to release of substances which can cause the

local swelling

skin rashes (urticaria)

shortness of breath either due to swelling of windpipe (angio-oedema)

or due to narrwing of smallers airways (asthmatic attack)

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