What to do if your eyes are swollen after eating seafood

Many people love to eat seafood, especially when it is the peak season for seafood. They really want to eat seafood for three meals a day. Although some people love to eat it, they dare not eat it or dare not eat too much because they are allergic to seafood. Once these people eat seafood, they will experience various allergic symptoms, such as itchy red bumps all over the body or swelling around the eyes.

1. What is seafood allergy

Eating seafood can easily cause disease. Excessive histamine in seafood can cause physical discomfort. A small number of people are born lacking the enzyme that breaks down histamine. Eating freshly caught fish or seafood will cause allergies, some of which manifest as bumps and itching on certain parts of the body (face, legs, arms, and even the whole body).

Seafood allergy is an allergic disease that can be acute or chronic. Patients with acute seafood allergies should pay strict attention to their diet and avoid spicy foods, seafood and other foods; patients with chronic seafood allergies will have their condition worsened after eating certain foods. Patients with chronic seafood allergies should undergo allergen desensitization treatment in a timely manner. In addition, patients should avoid scratching the affected area vigorously, avoid washing with hot water and applying external irritating drugs, and avoid eating animal protein foods and irritating seafood.

2. What are the symptoms of seafood allergy ?

People often suffer from a special kind of poisoning after eating seafood, which manifests itself as allergy-like symptoms such as skin itching, redness, edema, etc.

The onset of poisoning is rapid, usually 0.5 to 1 hour after ingestion, sometimes as little as 5 minutes, and sometimes as long as 4 hours. When the disease occurs, the symptoms are mild, recovery is rapid, and death occurs occasionally. Common symptoms include flushing, dizziness, headache, palpitations, chest tightness, shortness of breath, swelling of the face and lips, numbness of the mouth, tongue and limbs, nausea, vomiting, itchy skin, etc.

3. Folk remedies for seafood allergies

Preparation method: Wash and chop 500 grams of olives (green fruits), wash and slice 25 grams of turmeric, put them into a gauze bag, tie the bag tightly, put it into a casserole and add appropriate amount of water, boil the juice for 20 minutes, take the juice once, add water and boil again, take it 3 times in total, filter and combine, remove the medicine bag; boil and concentrate the combined juice, add 250 grams of alum and dissolve until it becomes viscous, then stop the heat and put it into a bottle for later use after cooling.

Dosage: Take 1 tablespoon each time, add a small amount of sugar for flavoring, drink with warm water, 3 times a day.

Efficacy: The paste is sweet and delicious, and has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, regulating qi and stopping bleeding, and promoting diuresis. It can be used for damp-heat dysentery, abdominal pain, tenesmus, persistent diarrhea, dysentery with red and white pus and blood, spleen dysfunction, red and hot urine, and burning sensation in the anus.