The wifey cooked me some very delicious prawns in tomato sauce last night. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Then bammmm!! My head started to itch suddenly. Then my ear canals. Better get a quick hairwash I thought. It was after the wash that my wife asked, 'Hey! What happened to your skin?'
I was covered in weals, spots and rashes, all over my body. My face started to burn. My non-medic wife cleverly suggested that it could be an allergic reaction to the prawns.(Hey smartie! Wanna be my medical assistant?)
The itch became a bit too much to bear. Double-quick stepped to the local A&E, and was told I needed to register first. Worse still, there were loads of people already there waiting to be seen. God knows the waiting time. By this time my face was like a furnace. I cheekily slipped into the treatment area, and found a colleague of mine on duty. She immediately gave me some strong antihistamines.
I'm not sure if it was a placebo effect or not, but I certainly felt a lot better itch-wise after ingesting the antihistamine.
Wifey then asked if we should sue the supermarket where we bought the prawns. Nah! Itch or no itch, I have had a nice meal. Let them off this time, I say.
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that's defeinately allergic reaction, isn't it?
No doubt about that. Prawns are notoriously common cause of allergic reactions, together with nuts and shellfish. I considered myself lucky, as the allergic reactions can be at times life-threatening.
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