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If you eat a food your whole life like peanuts and shellfish with no trouble then stop for a long time, can you develop an anaphylactic allergy?

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Anaphylaxis: A person can develop an allergy at any point in time. It is possible, but unlikely, to develop an anaphylactic type reaction to a food previously tolerated.

Dr Ingram and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 10/31/2014

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Typicallly no: anaphylactic allergies do not typically start in an adult with no previous history

Dr Dohan agreed

Answered 9/29/2014

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