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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
Just for reference: we give medications to people who have allergic reactions to those medications all the time because it can often be the case that people need those medications, and their allergy isn’t significant.
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To some degree I'm an example of this. I have an allergy to penicillin and to NSAIDs (aspirin, etc). Both of these can cause a reaction in me that is dangerous (swelling in the face, nose, throat, hives) so I don't do those because it could kill me in short order without treatment.
On the flip side I have had mild reactions, at times, to the flu shot. Fever for a short time, or probably more correctly feeling very flush, even had an issue with my vision one year (caused it to look like the back of my hand was "crawling", very odd). Still I take the shot every year because it passes, and doesn't always happen.