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Do allergies make you vulnerable to viruses?

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NO: Allergy per se will not make you more vulnerable to viruses. Certainly patients with allergic asthma or atopic dermatitis may have complications of their diseaes because of viral infections.Asth.

Answered 10/16/2013

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