Becky Campbell explains that allergic reactions trigger immune overdrive, releasing massive histamine that causes throat swelling and breathing trouble. Histamine responses are milder, uncomfortable but not life-threatening. The difference is severity and whether your body is truly allergic or just sensitive.
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Bulletproof radio, a state of high performance. What's the difference between an allergic reaction and a histamine reaction? So I think when you have an allergic reaction, you know, you are producing histamine. So you, you get something in your body. Your immune system goes into overdrive. It sends in all this histamine, and you get inflammation. And then that causes, you know, for some people, the throat to swell and close up. They have trouble breathing. You know, that's an allergic reaction. A histamine response is not going to be that severe. You're going to get symptoms, but you're not like, dying. You know, you're not in at risk of actually losing consciousness for most people, throat closing up, that type of thing. I think it's, it's the level. It's, it's something whether you're literally allergic to it or you're just more sensitive to it. Sa.