Dr. Gina Dapul-Hidalgo

It's these chemicals that actually cause the symptoms that are related to allergy, which

Within 15, 20 minutes.

Yes.

Itching, congestion, sneezing, all of that.

Of reactivity, yeah.

God, it's so...

The fact that you don't have symptoms means that you might not have a clinical allergy or clinical significance to the allergy test, but you're primed for it.

So there may be certain breeds of cats, for example, that you might have issues with.

Yes.

And maybe not necessarily your cats.

So it's the idea of you've made these allergic antibodies that are waiting on your mast cells.

And then when you are exposed to it, there are certain ones that may say, oh, I'm going to be releasing my histamine from these mast cells and cause the symptoms.

So the way to see it is that you are sensitized, meaning you were exposed to it.

Your body made those allergic antibodies.

But now not everybody actually has a clinical reaction, but a majority of people do.

And come back.

Exactly.

So we have people, you know, who really experience that.

For example, you lived with a cat and then you go off to school and then you come back home and all of a sudden.

Like to college.