What are common allergens?
- Foods like shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat (gluten), soy, milk, and eggs
- Bee stings and insect bites
- Medications like penicillin, sulfa drugs, aspirin, and ibuprofen
- Preservative thimerosal, which is found in some topical antibiotics
- Latex
- Pollen
- Dust mites
- Mold
- Animal dander from dogs, cats, birds
- Certain plants like poison ivy
- Nickel and other metals
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