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Q: Can You Become Un-allergic?
asked by: lmw80 on November 1st, 2005
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When I was a child, I was not allergic to shellfish...Ate shrimp all the time. I stopped eating seafood altogether from like 14-18. Then one day I decided to have shrimp....I had like 5 or 6 of them. That night I broke into hives and my right eye swelled shut.


I am 25 now and have not had shellfish on purpose since. I have had a bite or two of a piece of shrimp by accident on a couple of occasions, and nothing happened.


Is there any safe way to tell if I have become un-allergic?
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replied on November 1st, 2005
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It's actually more likely that you would have an more severe reaction if you tried it again, from what I understand how allergies work. As a child, your immune system was not fully developed, so maybe that is why you didn't have a reaction. But then when you had the shrimp, your body recognised it and produced a reaction. That's how it apparently works with wasp stings -- no reaction the first time, allergic reaction the second time, and the third time it's into anaphylactic shock.

If you went to an allergist, they would probably be able to test you.
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