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Question regarding allergies. (sm)


Posted: May 5, 2010

My 24-year-old daughter started breaking out in a rash yesterday.  At first she thought maybe it was a heat rash, but then overnight she started to feel a little feverish.  This morning she woke up and the rash was tripled in amount of bumps and all over her body.  Plus she has been dizzy and very nauseated.  She went to urgent care and they told her that it was an allergic reaction to shrimp she had eaten.   They just gave her a shot of prednisone and some Benadryl.  She has always loved shrimp and has eaten it all her life with no problems. 

My question, though, is this:  She had 1 bite of shrimp on Sunday evening.  If this was truly an allergy wouldn't she have started with the symptoms immediately?  Would it take 2 days for the symptoms to appear?

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My daughter and grandson have just gone through something similar (sm) - anonMT

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and they were diagnosed with a strep rash or better known as Scarlet Fever. My grandson's strep test was negative but he had already been on antibiotics for 2 weeks for a sinus infection and my daughter never had a sore throat. They were both feverish, achy, nauseated and had just a fine rash over their body and even on their tongue. Has she been exposed to anyone with strep? Google images has some great pictures of the rash that you could compare it to.

I hope that she feels better soon!!

allergy - I seriously doubt

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it was caused by the shrimp. I know a few people with shellfish allergies, and their symptoms are immediate.

If she had taken a new drug, I would not be so skeptical of a delayed reaction.

I would bet on the strep rash too. I have seen it happen in my daughters.

Symptoms may be from another cause.... - Deb

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however I would never eat a shrimp, let alone allow my child to have one. They are filthy little sea creatures. They live on the poop of other fish. Yuck!!!

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