Food Allergies Treatment

Question by asdfsdf: if you are not allergic to shrimp, can you still be allergic to iodine?
several months ago, i thought i was allergic to shrimp, seeing that i broke out into hives after eating them (it could have been other factors). but i recently got a blood allergy test, and i am not allergic to shrimp or shellfish or any seafoods. is it still possible that i might be allergic to the iodine in the shrimp and not the shrimp itself? or does the allergy test mean that i am neither allergic to shrimp nor iodine?
im pretty sure it isnt iodine.. because i eat fish and clams without any problems.. (and they are delicious)

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Answer by seenotes, ABOC
Absolutely.

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Question by Chris: I have an allergy to iodine and I’m about to take a kelp (iodine rich) pill. Is it safe?
I was diagnosed with severe allergy to idonine many years ago. I’m about to take a kelp pill which is loaded with iodine and I want to know if it’s safe. I’m not trying to kill myself, quite the opposite read on:

BACKGROUND INFO: I am not allergic to shellfish (I can eat lobster, crab, sushi etc without problems). To the best of my recollection I never had an allergy to iodine (iodide?) ointment on the skin as a kid.

I was diagnosed with allergy to iodine following severe reaction after x-rays with contrast (iodine [iodide?] solution they made me drink)

At this point I bought kelp because I believe I have severe hypothyroidism due to my symptoms (even been in a coma recently) Doctors are no help because my tests for hypothyroidism come back normal. However if you google this seriously you’ll read that many people are critically ill with hypothyroidism but tests return false negative and then they die of a heart attack. (I found that over and over, different patient’s accounts, google it)

I believe that kelp might save me but I’m also kind of afraid. Your input appreciated if you’re an herbalist, N.D, decent doctor or a patient with the same predicaments as above. Please let me know from what experience you speak of.

PS: If I try it and don’t croak I’ll come back to post how it went, if anyone is interested that is
Ok. Y’all don’t have to be rude. They say that iodine is as essential to life as iron. BASICALLY: my guess is that the xray iodine must have been synthetic or chemically altered (hence the allergy) and no one can be allergic to pure element iodine just like you can’t be allergic to oxygen. Just a guess though, I might cut it in 8th and take a bit and see how it goes?

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Answer by Jacob F
do not take the pill, unless you want a tube down your throat go ahead….

p.s. i hope you dont live in nj

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Question by Girly-Girl: If you can consume salt, are you not allergic to iodine?
I want to start taking a multivitamin and one of the ingredients is Iodine (potassium iodide) but am concerned because I had an incident a few years back with a mild allergic reaction to having shell fish and some supplements that had iodine (the only reason I think there is some connection is because although I didn’t eat shrimp regularly, it wasn’t the first time I had eaten it).

I understand that there is something in shellfish that can cause an allergy which isn’t necessarily the iodine. I haven’t seen an allergist but I also have concerns about that )

Any feedback is helpful, but preferably from individuals who know what they are talking about please.

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Answer by Patti
Shellfish are bottom-feeders and have a lot of toxins, and that makes it more allergenic. I have to be careful with iodine specifically, too much irritates my thyroid gland and breaks my skin out (scarring and slow-healing acne). Since I don’t eat shellfish anyway, that is not a problem, but even kelp can break me out and try to avoid additional iodine in iodine-enriched salts and vitamins. Plain salt does not contain iodine.

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Question by Keegan O’neill: What contains iodine?
I recently found out that I have an Iodine allergy, after some reactions to shellfish. I’ve been given an epipen, but other than that wasn’t really told what contains iodine. What should I avoid?

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Answer by dmarth10
Iodized salt!!! That’s a very big one. Gold luck.

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Question by meaussiegirl: If you are allergic to iodine how does it affect you. Please let me know?
I cannot eat garlic (iodine in garlic) or fish, shellfish, iodised salt, also betedine (topical use) and IV iodine such as for Xrays. Can you if you have this allergy tell me how it affects you. I also cannot take vitamins with iodine or the shakes that are for diets as they all have iodine added

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Answer by jimmymae2000
You should wear a medic bracelet w/ iodine allergy because if you are ever in an accident and they use contrast for Imaging it would probably kill you.

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