allergy to shell fish? (x-rays, kidney, cold, arms)
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Hello,
So about 12 - 15 years ago, after eating shell fish all my life, and I love it tremendously....I developed a reaction to cold shrimp.
My girlfriends hubby went to a seafood house in NJ and got us u-peel em shrimp for supper.
So we were sitting there eating them, and all of a sudden I break out in hives all over my chest and back.
She says, "No more shrimp for you".
So I stayed away from them....
Then one holiday, I bought myself a lobster tail...and wasn't half way thru eating it, and broke out in hives all over my chest, back and arms that actually burned. No more lobster.
Now I do sneak those little fried shrimp they have on buffets every once in a while and nothing....
However, whenever I go to my cousin's she always gets shrimp from this one place and serves them cold with cocktail sauce.
First time, I ate one, then waited and nothing, then ate another and waited, and these are big shrimp....
So, this past weekend I ate about a dozen....and nothing?
So I called the seafood place where she always gets them and he was dumbfounded but told me, he always gets Wild Brown Gulf Shrimp from one vendor and one vendor only? Never do I get a reaction....
No, nor has it happened to a friend who is severely allergic. However, the intensity of your reaction (and your tolerance) could change over time and there is some evidence that preparation methods can alter the specific compound in the shrimp you are reacting to. I found this article that might be of interest.
No, nor has it happened to a friend who is severely allergic. However, the intensity of your reaction (and your tolerance) could change over time and there is some evidence that preparation methods can alter the specific compound in the shrimp you are reacting to. I found this article that might be of interest.
it's awfully strange, that only her shrimp I can eat with no reaction...I had even thought it had left me, and went to Giant and bought shrimp, took them home, started eating them and had the hives again....so strange.
Are you physically touching the shells when you get the hives? I know I have a reaction when I try to peel shrimp. I cannot touch the shells, but I can eat them fine when they are cooked.
Are you physically touching the shells when you get the hives? I know I have a reaction when I try to peel shrimp. I cannot touch the shells, but I can eat them fine when they are cooked.
In all cases I am physically touching them...and in all cases except the shrimp my cousin buys, gives me hives when I eat them??? Plus, Over the years, I've eaten them many times, b/c she always serves Shrimp and other munchies for an appetizer while we sit and talk, before dinner...so it's just her shrimp I can eat. The first time I was very cautious, one, then wait, then two then wait, then I stopped. 2nd time, I ate them the same way only two at a time...and so on...this past weekend, I ate several at a time...If I'd have eaten that many from Giant or any other store, I'd have broke out in hives all over the place....crazy!
It's just crazy, the man who owns the seafood shop was at a loss for words when I told him and asked him what kind of shrimp they are....he told me that I may be allergic to whatever it is that they dip the shrimp into, before freezing them? I asked if his shrimp were dipped in that same chemical, he said, yes, so I replied, "well I guess that's not it". So strange....wish I knew?
I spoke to another person who owns a seafood shop years ago, and he told me, that if the shrimp come from the gulf, they do not have the iodine content in them that our Atlantic shrimp do....????
Now, I did go once a long time ago for kidney x-rays and I broke out in a hive, just one, and they told me to never ever get a kidney dye again....which has iodine in it.
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In all cases I am physically touching them...and in all cases except the shrimp my cousin buys, gives me hives when I eat them??? Plus, Over the years, I've eaten them many times, b/c she always serves Shrimp and other munchies for an appetizer while we sit and talk, before dinner...so it's just her shrimp I can eat. The first time I was very cautious, one, then wait, then two then wait, then I stopped. 2nd time, I ate them the same way only two at a time...and so on...this past weekend, I ate several at a time...If I'd have eaten that many from Giant or any other store, I'd have broke out in hives all over the place....crazy!
It's just crazy, the man who owns the seafood shop was at a loss for words when I told him and asked him what kind of shrimp they are....he told me that I may be allergic to whatever it is that they dip the shrimp into, before freezing them? I asked if his shrimp were dipped in that same chemical, he said, yes, so I replied, "well I guess that's not it". So strange....wish I knew?
I spoke to another person who owns a seafood shop years ago, and he told me, that if the shrimp come from the gulf, they do not have the iodine content in them that our Atlantic shrimp do....????
Now, I did go once a long time ago for kidney x-rays and I broke out in a hive, just one, and they told me to never ever get a kidney dye again....which has iodine in it.
Happened to a good friend. She went for a medical test that involved using a dye and then became highly allergic to shellfish. She cant even go to a restaurant that deep fries any shellfish then uses that oil to deep fry something else etc. she said she wished the medical folk had told her in advance about this happening. She wouldnt have had the test. Too dangerous.
No, nor has it happened to a friend who is severely allergic. However, the intensity of your reaction (and your tolerance) could change over time and there is some evidence that preparation methods can alter the specific compound in the shrimp you are reacting to. I found this article that might be of interest.
yes, the article was most enlightening, thank you....
the man at the seafood place, said, that most shrimp we eat are tigers, which are farm raised....his are not, they are from the gulf?
So it may be a difference in the preparation, actually it has to be...which causes more iodine in them?
The iodine content may be similar, but the cooking/preparation may neutralize or chemically modify it in some way so the immune system doesn't react to it as much.
The iodine content may be similar, but the cooking/preparation may neutralize or chemically modify it in some way so the immune system doesn't react to it as much.
It is absolutely crazy....I can go to her house and eat all I want...she gets the shrimp from the same place....
LOL, boy she could really do a number on me, if she changed places...huh....lol
Honestly, I wouldn't fool around with it... or at least make sure you have an epi-pen on hand in case the next reaction is anaphylactic shock. Reactions often get worse as you expose yourself more and more to the allergen. My fairly uneducated guess is that you are not allergic to shrimp but to something else cooked in the same water/oil as the shrimp. Could be lobster. The crustacean shellfish are usually cross-reactive, but not always. You can also go to an allergist to get tested for everything to see what you are allergic to.
My daughter is allergic to crawfish and shrimp. While she didn't come up as allergic to lobster, there's something like an 85% chance of her developing an allergy to it over time, so we avoid any and all crustacean shellfish for her. She also doesn't eat french fries or onion rings or whatever that is fried in the same oil as shrimp. Too dangerous... could literally be a matter of life and death. She carries an epi-pen everywhere she goes and has never had to use it, thankfully.
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