Originally Posted by nups21

Whoa! So many people had allergies! Ira hadn't known that. And some allergies were plain weird, at least that was what Ira thought. And one allergy that Ira would surely hate to have herself was an allergy to chocolate! She could not possibly survive without chocolate!

Then she looked up as Professor Lafay asked a question. What was an allergy? Yeah, Ira knew that..somewhat. She raised her hand up and answered, "Professor, allergy is.. when a person is oversensitive to something, I mean, it is an adverse response of our body to something which is generally harmless.." Because not everyone has an allergy, right?

Originally Posted by Pinky

Mo raised his hand timidly before speaking in a squeaky voice. "An allergy is when someone's body reacts violently to something... not necessarily dangerous, but when a person who is allergic to something comes into contact with that particular thing their body... sort of goes crazy. It releases chemicals that cause the person to get very ill and sometimes even die," he said. Yeah. He had had this explained to him MILLIONS of times through his life. He had even been urged to keep an epi pen in his pocket at all times, that is how violent HIS body reacted.

Originally Posted by Presley Black

Presley wasn't quite sure, but she did know that she didn't get points by staying silent, so she took a random stab at it. Raising her hand, "Is an allergy an adverse reaction a specific person's body has to something? Like your body trying to fight off something it doesn't think is good for you?" She asked. That sounded reasonable, but it was after all, just a guess.

Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Alyssa thought for awhile before she raised her hand and answered."Professor an allergy is something that happens when our body reacts to something or a substance that is normally harmless to somebody else. Like my allergic reaction to cat dander. Not everybody is allergic to it but somehow my body's immune system doesn't like it and is reacting to it.."

Originally Posted by Bubbles

After closing his book Kennedy thought about the question. He had an idea of what it was. He's never really quite put so much thought on it since he wasn't allergic to anything...yet.

He raised his hand. "An allergy is when the body is triggered by a certain substance that causes a person to react to it by sneezing, getting a rash, watery eyes or other symptoms," he said. "Some allergies may also be dangerous." he finished.

Originally Posted by Poolicious

He didn't expect that there will be a lot of people who allergic to nuts like him. Then he nodded his head when Professor Lafay said that nuts allergy can be quite deadly. Yup, he already experienced that. And that's not pretty.

Messer raised his hand before he answered the next question. "Allergy is a reaction of our immune system to something that does not bother most other people." he said. Well, that was his daddy said when he asked him about his reaction to the nuts.

Originally Posted by McFeisty

Closing her book India just thought for a moment. Raising her hand she moved to answer the question, "Professor, an allergy is an immune response to something added to your local environment by either the scent of something or particles in the air or by eating it. Typically it can be damaging however the damage level is also dependent on how severely your body typically responds to said thing." Yes she knew allergies. Her brother was allergic to Cucumbers of all things.

Originally Posted by Jessiqua

Zhenya raised her hand, and waited to say "Professor Lafay an allergy is something which causes someone to become hypersensitive. By that, their immune system begins a process to get rid of the allergy. For some reason the body has told itself that a certain thing is no good, which is where the immune system comes in. An allergen is usually something that others have no reaction to at all, but its just the types of antibodies the person has, and also what you said, it is related to what the person is exposed to which can develop into a reaction," she said. She had learned a lot about allergens and the different types of reactions someone can have when she saw a friend collapse and almost die when she unknowingly ate a peanut. So, Zhenya asked her father to explain it to her. She really felt bad for some of the other students.

Originally Posted by Starbreeze

Eino didn't have any allergies, at least none that he was aware of, but apparently it was possible he could develop them. That wasn't very reassuring, what if he was allergic to something he really liked, like dragons or thoughts? What if squibs were allergic to magic? Hmm, that was a good theory worth looking into. "Allergy..." He began with his hand high in the air. "Is when your body doesn't like something so it swells and boils in response to it, to reject it. If you don't heed the body's warning, it could be very dangerous. Very clever the body is." Eino wished everything would respond so cleverly to things they didn't like. It was awfully confusing receiving vague messages in the case of people.

Originally Posted by lazykitty

Develop allergies? Sky sure hoped she wouldn't. They sounded awful! She snapped her book shut and thought for a second. She knew the symptoms of an allergy but what actually it was, she was absolutely clueless. So, she decided to go for her own definition of an allergy. "It's what happens when something in a person's immune system messes up and thinks something that's not really dangerous, like pollen, is dangerous," she said, hoping that made at least some sense (it had when she was thinking it).

Originally Posted by Katergirl

Angelina didn’t know much about allergies, so raising her hand she took the best guess, ”Professor, aren’t allergies when something happens in our body that reacts to anything, that may think is harm, but isn’t really?” she hoped that made since.

Originally Posted by cheeseStrings

Lafay's quite relaxed today, Janice thought. And what is an allergy? She raised her hand and answered.

"Allergy is when your body reacts abnormally to something that is supposed to be normal. Some has it, some don't." Like rashes because of bush daisies, red sores because of pineapples, and those puking and barfing because of chocolate. Yep.

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Kurumi covered her mouth with the sleeve of her robes as she squeak!sneezed. Had she known about this portion of the lesson, Kurumi would have brought one of her surgical masks with her to wear during the lesson. Now, with her sneezing beginning and her eyes getting itchy, it was going to take a while for her body to relax.

When Professor Lafay asked her next question, Kurumi sneezed into the sleeve of her robes again and then raised her other hand. "An a-allergy is when *sneeze* you have an a-a-abnormally high sensa *sneeze* sensitivity to something *sneeze* Our bodies react to t-t-the substance *sneeze!squeak* and treat it as an invader *sneeze*." And well, Kurumi was just going to stop talking because she was hardly getting through a sentence without sneezing.

Originally Posted by KP1

Originally Posted by Eve.

Someone was allergic to chocolate?! Though it was believible she would be extremely upset if she was allergic to chocolate since it was one of her favourite things. But so many people had allergies it was terrible.

Listening to the Professor straight away she knew what an allergy was. She had even see someone's rashes because of eating a banana. "An allergy is a hyper sensitive reaction when a certain thing interfeers with your imunne system" She said raising her hand up before.

Originally Posted by jujune29th

Sophie raised her hand once again before speaking. "I think allergy is when our body is trying to protect us from what it thinks it's dangerous." She looked around. "Even when the thing is not really dangerous..."

Originally Posted by iceblossom22

Of course it was sad, El couldn't eat chocolate! Frowning, she shrugged as if to say 'I didn't get to choose'.

Closing her textbook, she smiled and raised her hand. She knew this one by heart. "An allergy is when your immune system is hypersensitive. An allergic reaction is actually just the immune system acting up to something that to others is just harmless."

"Most allergic reactions are mild, such as sneezing or itchiness, but some are severe and can cause life-threatening situations."

Lowering her hand, she looked around. She and Beezus weren't the only ones. There were about four of them? But those were chocolate, not necessarily cacao. A true cacao allergy was rare, at least that was what she was told...

Originally Posted by Lady Marmalade

There wasn't anything Kacie could think of that she was allergic to so she just simply shook her head at the professor's question, while others said what they were allergic to. One thing was for sure, if she ever was allergic to chocolate, she didn't think she would be able to survive. How could anyone live without chocolate?



Kacie raised her hand so she could answer the question. Telling want an allergy is was easy enough. "It an illness that causes people to have a bad reaction to things that's usually harmless like food or other things," she said, giving a simple answer of what she thought an allergy was. "I hope I never develop an allergy or if I do I hope its not something I'd hate to give up."

Originally Posted by Steelsheen

Yeah tell him about it, specially if the allergy emerged right smack in the middle of puberty. He angled his head confused at the Potions Mistress instructions to close their books, but followed he did. Next question was.... something easier to answer by reading from a book. Guess he was gonna have to wing it "Professor, an allergy is the body's defensive response to a substance it doesnt agree with. Usually those substances are harmless and can be found anywhere in the environment but depending on a person's specific physiology, those substances can upset the body's internal balance. Thats why the body's defensive mechanism kicks in and starts producing other substances to counteract it, and thats when we notice the physical symptoms of an allergy-- such as sneezing, swelling or itchiness."

Originally Posted by alchemist_18

When Raven said she had allergic with cat and kneazles, a kneazle appeared himself to the student.

"Hatchi!" She began to sneeze. She really had a bad allergic with those creatures, although the kneazle or the cat was not too close with her.

Okay, she tried to answer the question and raised her hand

"An An allergy is a hypersensitivity disorder of the immune system. Allergic reactions occur when a person's immune system reacts to normally harmless substances in the environment. A substance that causes a reaction is called an allergen." Then..

"Hatchi!"

Originally Posted by Frankie

Autumn thought for a while "Professor, is a allergy when the body and its immune system response to a substance, where as the symptons can go from just itchy eyes and runny nose, to a swollen throat and life threatening conditions."

Originally Posted by hjhm

Originally Posted by tomewitch

Being allergic to chocolate was sad? She frowned. Really? Why did she not feel the same? She was even thankful that she was allergic to chocolate so she won't have cavities.

Then..they were asked to close their books. She did. And when the next question was given, she raised her hand and answered. "Allergy Professor in my own understanding and simplest definition is sensitivity to certain substances that can trigger some unusual reactions in a person's body."

Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

What was an allergy? Well Selina knew that her mother had some allergies so she had the basic understanding of them, but beyond the basic understanding of them she was lacking. It was not like Selina could just whip out a dictionary definition like most students her age seemed to be able to do. In her best attempt at a definition in the vernacular, Selina rose her hand, "Ma'am, an allergy is when a person's body cannot have contact or ingest certain things specific to the person or else they would have a reaction, which could be sneezing, a runny nose and all of the other side affects that constitute an allergy." Merlin knew her mother was awful around the whole milk thing. Ah well, more ice cream for herself.

Originally Posted by Kimalia

Kimalia rose her hand to answer, "An allergy is related to one's immune system overreacting to something, whether ingested, touched or inhaled." It was a good thing that at least her allergy was of a food, other than something in the air. That would make staying outside all the time difficult..

Originally Posted by natethegreat

Nate raises his hand ans says "Professor I think an allergy is a hypersensitivity disorder of the immune system." That is what he just thought. He could be wrong he could be right. You never know until you find out.

Originally Posted by HOPEendures

"An allergy is being extremely sensitive to something. It's brought on by you immune system," Jezzabelle said raising her hand.

Originally Posted by Magical Soul

What? She might develop some? Gee, thanks for the positive push, professor. Louisa's face didn't change, though, as the students were sharing their allergies. She didn't even pay attention to who was saying what. Meh. It was a boring start for a lesson, or well maybe it was a bit more boring than she'd expected when she saw that tray of colorful cute things.

Raising her hand, she answered, "Allergy is a reaction that our body initiates when it doesn't accept a substance... or two. It's mild when it happens for the first time but it grows extremer if it happens again and again."

Originally Posted by ShadowButterfly

Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva put up her hand. "Professor I think an allergy is when the body is rejecting something it feels is dangerous to the body." she wasn't sure, but remembered seeing her cousin puff up from a bee sting once. That looked like the body was rejecting the sting.

Originally Posted by sevensnared

Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella raised her hand. She was pretty sure she knew what an allergy was though she didn't really know how to explain it. "Professor, an allergy is something that-that can cause negative things to happen to people who are sensitive to them. For example, someone with an allergy to bees would swell up when stung."

Originally Posted by EW_FAN

Harvey thought about what the professor said.. he would get allergies?! he wondered what his allergy would be if he got one.. he then put up his hand to answer the question. "I think that an allergy is a reaction to certain substances.. of which many can be harmless whereas others could be harmful.. some I have heard can cause quite a bad reaction if the person is quite sensitive to the substance" he answered the question ..

Originally Posted by midnight_thestral

Violet raised her hand. She wasn't exactly sure what an allergy was, but it was worth a shot to try and guess. "An allergy is something that your body reacts to if it's sensitive to the material. Is it kind of like a safety protections for your body?" She cocked her head in doubt.

Originally Posted by Cassandra

Originally Posted by Squishy ♥

Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart

" Professor, an allergy is simply defined as a adverse reaction to a food or really anything that yoour body views as poisonous to it. The reaction can be varied from a simple rash to a serious reaction that can cause the body to start to shut down. " Justin said after having raised his hand.

Originally Posted by AuroraQuinn

What was an allergy..? Um... It was kind of difficult to explain... She raised her hand. "Is it... an intolerance to certain things? Sometimes a person's body can react badly to a food or something and it gives them swollen cheeks or a rash or a sneeze or something..." Urgh, that was a bad description...

Originally Posted by Hermione Lily Potter

Sitting towards the back of the class, Lily looked up from her notes as the teacher asked a question. Allergies... Lily thought, that must be why there are a variety of things on the tray. Lily looked at the tray of various common allergens. Raising her hand to answer the question, Lily replied, "An allergy is the body rejecting some object that the immune system sees as foreign and a danger to the body."

Originally Posted by caithal97

Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

Hmmm...what is an allergy? She knew that it wasn't something fun to deal with, with the way the other students were reacting to the question. Still she wanted to participate so she raised her hand. "Professor I think an allergy is something that doesn't agree with our bodies. Something that is different to each of us." She hoped that she got the point across. Besides she was only 11, and she did try.

Originally Posted by Lady of the Lake

Ari was lucky, not being allergic to anything, but she knew how hard it must be on people who do have such sort of sensitivities. Her favourite uncle was allergic to cats, and every time he visited, Ari had no choice but to hide her Pluto for the day. She didn't know how to define allergies, though. Nevertheless, after a bit of thought, she managed to order her ideas a bit.

'An allergy is a reaction some people have when in the proximity of animals, plants or objects that are normally harmless, because their body had developed a certain sensitivity. These reactions can be things like fever, itchiness or swelling.' the girl replied after having raised her hand.

Originally Posted by Orla

Hm?

Lafay seemed peachy today? Odd! She nodded to herself and closed her book as requested, she looked at the students, no! That REALLY needed to be answered Why is Lafay not being.. her normal self?? Change of heart?

Allergies, instead of sitting down and watching the other students answer her hand went up "Allergies are abnormel immune system reations to things that are typically harmless to most people,"

Originally Posted by porkpie

"Allergies are when a person can not eat or smell anything without getting very ill or getting a rash it can also be very dangerous" she hoped she was right

Originally Posted by PhoenixAuror169

Amethyst thought on this. She personally wasn't allergic to anything, but Kyle was allergic to honey. She raised her hand high, waiting to be called on. When she was, she cleared her throat making the answer short and simple. "An allergy is hypersensitive disorder of the immune system."

Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Sierra raised her eyebrows at the sight of the ear of corn. It was such a random thing for Professor Lafay to have in her desk, but then again, she likely already knew Sierra was allergic to corn, and then with the lesson being about allergies... Well, it all made sense now.

Sierra happened to glance to the side of her and catch Alex's smirk. Alex never smirked. A smirk to a Hufflepuff was like...a dog meow'ing or a kitten barking. It just made little to no sense. Nevertheless, she knew why he was smirking. She could feel it in her bones--he was smirking at her corn allergy. If she thought she could get away with it, she'd toss her opened bottle of ink at him.

So...what was an allergy? With her hand raised, Sierra said, "Sometimes, our bodies mistake normal, everyday things for intruders in our body. Things like flowers, nuts, or...corn should be harmless to us, but if our body overreacts and thinks it's something we shouldn't be in contact with, we get an allergy." She lowered her hand. "Then we end up with things like rashes or runny noses."

Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

Phew.

Auggie sighed happily as he returned to his chair after looking at the shellfish on display up front. It was very good that Professor Lafay wouldn't make him ingest any of that stuff. He would have really been upset, and that was unlike August Goldstein.

So what were allergies eh? Raising his hand he then spoke up. "Professor Lafay, an allergy is something, depending on the specifics, that the body sort of 'rejects' with its sinuses or other glands. You've already presented us with many different types." There was no use in giving an example.