Current Events > Anyone ever gotten itchy from shrimp even if you don't have a shellfish allergy?

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Like maybe once in a blue moon, I'll have eaten shrimp like today and a few hours later my hands are weirdly itchy. I also have a welt between my knuckles it's weird. Not sure if it's from the oiliness of the shrimp bucket

You might be developing an allergy to shrimp.

You may be reacting to a certain chemical content, depending on where the shrimp are coming from. If that isn't something you pay attention to, you should read up on it a bit and what seafood is safest to consume.

It is an allergy to something used in the plant that processes them or some chemical that came from where the shrimp were sourced. If you are talking about shrimp from a not crappy restaurant you can ask where they get them from (or if it's from a grocery store you can look up the brand) and find out what might be giving you issues.

Try rubbing shrimp on your naked body

Irony posted...

Try rubbing shrimp on your naked body

I wouldnt recommend doing this without supervision in this case, but rubbing a small amount of a potential allergen on the inner forearm, where the skin is thin near the wrist, is an actual method to test for dermal allergies.

TC, is there any chance youve been exposed to Monkeypox?

Crap. I didn't want to think that's what it was but I was reading up on shellfish allergy and one of the symptoms is chest pain and I did have mild chest pain after eating it. It went away after a few hours and isn't nearly as bad as heartburn or anything like that but... it did happen.

Think that happened to me one day I ate a lot of shrimps. Someone told me it was due to mercury? I dont know of thats true.

I never thought of myself as a "susceptible to allergies" person >__<

i'm allergic to shrimp and peanuts or peanut products.

No, that has never happened to me, and I eat a ton of shrimp

JuanCarlos1 posted...

Think that happened to me one day I ate a lot of shrimps. Someone told me it was due to mercury? I dont know of thats true.

This I'd be more willing to believe, considering the high levels of pollution in the ocean. But also terrifying considering what mercury does to the body.

I also ate a lot of shrimp, it was the only thing I've eaten all day. I mixed it with a salad to make a shrimp salad.

saspa posted...

I never thought of myself as a "susceptible to allergies" person >__<

Theres no such thing.

You one of those "allergies are just psychosomatic" people?

Times change, you change. I used to eat a ton of sugar, past 5-6 years any time I have an excessive amount of it, I start coughing uncontrollably. I still have it time to time, but I hold off on it.

Wait coughing because of sugar? Expand more on that

saspa posted...

Wait coughing because of sugar? Expand more on that

I have a weird throat with thick saliva. Probably has to do with my diet, which isn't the greatest. Anyways, things like rice, and sugar get caught in the back of my throat and irritate it. In small doses it usually goes away with water, but on excess not all of it washes down properly, and ergo, I start coughing and it just doesn't go away.

I thought for a while it was the aftermath of when I caught H1N1. But randomly I stopped eating junk food and drinking soda and my cough went completely away. Now I just need to be mindful of what I have and when I have it.

I love shrimp and Ive ate them probably at least 50 times. But once, 2 years ago though, I ate them and my lips and fingers swole up horribly. Never happened again, so I guess were in the same boat tc