# It took a year and a half to go on my first "dumbass" allergy EMT call.

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**Created:** [May 3, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-took-a-year-and-a-half-to-go-on-my-first-dumbass-allergy-emt-call/538184 "2010-05-03T18:10:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-took-a-year-and-a-half-to-go-on-my-first-dumbass-allergy-emt-call/538184/61 "2010-05-08T16:24:47Z")

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[QUOTE=Taomist;12425094However, my brother once overdosed on all you can eat shrimp at Red Lobster, and ended up at the hospital when he turned red and was itching and swelling. I don’t think that’s technically an allergy, though, if you only respond to massive doses? I mean, that’s just…normal. Right?

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My sister has the same reaction to shrimp. She can’t even peel them or her hands swell and she can’t breathe. Luckily I don’t share that allergy!

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-took-a-year-and-a-half-to-go-on-my-first-dumbass-allergy-emt-call/538184/62 "2010-05-08T16:27:25Z")

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> [@Taomist](#):
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> However, my brother once overdosed on all you can eat shrimp at Red Lobster, and ended up at the hospital when he turned red and was itching and swelling. I don’t think that’s technically an allergy, though, if you only respond to massive doses? I mean, that’s just…normal. Right?

No, it’s not normal. It’s an indication of a shrimp allergy. It might be mild enough so that it took a massive dose for him to react, but there’s no guarantee it won’t be a LOT worse next time.

Would probably be best if he just avoids shrimp from now on, but people so rarely take that sort of advice…

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