What are the odds of an allergy?
No less than 30 to 40 per cent of the world population is predisposed to allergy. This does not mean that you actually develop an allergy. About 15 per cent of people with a predisposition develop an allergy that manifests itself between ages 15 and 25. Hereditary factors play an important role in allergies. If your parents, brothers or sisters have no allergic symptoms, you are unlikely to develop symptoms, but the possibility can never be ruled out entirely.

