• Question: can you be allergic to air

    Asked by anon-225186 to Simon, Natalie, Katy, Nawapat, Paul on 21 Nov 2019. This question was also asked by anon-225173.
    • Photo: Paul Laurance-Young

      Paul Laurance-Young answered on 21 Nov 2019:

      Not air as in gasses like oxygen, but certainly stuff in the air, like pollen, and chemicals.
      Interestingly, you can be “allergic” to UV light if you suffer from a condition called porphyria – exposure to UV light causes painful blisters.

    • Photo: Natalie Fowler

      Natalie Fowler answered on 21 Nov 2019:

      I’ve never heard of an allergy to air, but you can be sensitive to things in the air like pollen or dust. Some people do have asthma that is stimulated by exercise and breathing deeply which is probably as close as you’ll get to being allergic to air?

Comments