A member asked:

Was not allergic to penicillin as a kid. then when i was 9 showed allergy to pen/cephalo can you outgrow this or am i still allergic?

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Maybe,maybe not : Many people break out in rashes during illness and if started on an antibiotic, the antibiotic may be be assumed to have caused the reaction. This may not be a true allergy.Yet people do acquire allergic reactions to new things as they get older, and it could be real. Blood tests can reveal if it is a true allergy which would likely persist over time vs a non allergic reaction that may not be real.

Answered 4/10/2014

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