SYSK Selects: Gesundheit! How Allergies Work

Stuff You Should Know

• Episode: SYSK Selects: Gesundheit! How Allergies Work
• Website: Stuff You Should Know
• Feed URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-you-should-know.rss
• Duration: 00:29:45
• Published: 2017-05-13 22:42

In this week's SYSK Select episode, about 30-40 percent of humans suffer from some sort of allergy. The big joke, though, is that every sufferer is the victim of mistaken identity. Allergies are the result of a hypersensitive immune system mistaking a harmless protein for a foreign invader.