Have you had allergy shots?

Can allergy shots actually make a person immune to that allergy?

• I had bad outdoor allergies when I was a kid. I was allergic to grass, trees, mold, pollen, dust, and ragweed. I was also allergic to cats and dogs. From ages 8 - 16, I got weekly injections for the outdoor allergies, but not for cats or dogs. They increased in strength over the 8 years, and the final year my shots changed to every other week. I still suffer from allergies, but only a couple days a year. This is markedly improved from the constant breathing problems I had as a child. When I was 30 years old, I began taking allergy shots for cats. I took the shots for 15 months at 4x per week in increasing dosages. I got to the point where the doctor would not increase my doses anymore, and the treatment was terminated. I was taking almost the highest dose. Before I took the shots, I could not be in a house with cats for more than 10-15 minutes before sneezing, 2-3 hours before starting to have breathing problems, and 4-5 hours before being forced to leave. Now, I can be around cats for hours with only some mild sneezing. Clearly, allergy shots increase your tolerance and reduce the affects of allergies. But the main question I have is - can they make you totally immune? This goes to the heart of why my treatment was terminated, because the doctor insisted that it was only a matter of taking in a certain amount of protein before you were immune, yet every nurse I talked to who actually administered the injections say that they never saw anyone become immune because of it. People always just stopped showing up when their allergies stopped being so bad and started being manageable.

• Answer:

  I really don't know im allergic to all of the stuff u have, but i take pills. i haven't ever had shots for my allergies...you could google it....this is very interesting topic...