Adults with shrimp allergy report reduced quality of life and a desire for therapies that would allow them to safely eat a full serving of shrimp.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study finds that adults who are allergic to shrimp tend to have a less intense immune-system reaction to the shellfish compared with children -- raising the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Adult-onset shrimp allergy was associated with higher BMI, according to a retrospective chart ...

Approximately half of a group of patients with IgE sensitization to shrimp also were sensitized to house dust mites, and vice versa, according to a letter published in Clinical and Translational ...

Shellfish allergy is an abnormal response by the body’s immune system to proteins in certain marine animals. Shellfish include marine animals with shells, such as shrimp, crab, oysters and lobster, as ...

The Food and Drug Administration has a colorful warning for people with a shellfish allergy: don’t eat cicadas. Turns out, the agency warns, that the noisy insects actually share a "family relation" ...

As the Brood X cicada explosion continues on the east coast, the FDA has issued a warning that if you are allergic to shellfish, you may not want to try those cicada recipes that have been making the ...

An adult patient who has eaten shellfish regularly throughout his life suddenly developed swelling after eating shrimp in a restaurant. What is the best way to determine if this is a true allergy to ...

A new study has found that the contents of commercially produced extracts used to test for shellfish allergies differ widely between manufacturers. The researchers are calling for the standardization ...

I love crawfish boils — but, please, don't be insulted if I eat before I come over. Until I was in my early 20s, my favorite food was shrimp — not battered, deep-fried or served in a po-boy, but ...