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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This happened to me as well at age 30 after years of eating shrimp. Apparently this is an allergy people can develop with age. Take benedryl tonight, stay away from it until
You can see an allergist and get an epipen.

[b]not sure if you're male or female, but I am female and was told the hormones of pregnancy can cause allergies and intolerances to develop.[/b] [/quote]
That doesn't make a whole lot of sense. In fact, pregnancy causes your body to produce a large amount of natural corticosteroids, which greatly reduces the symptoms of allergies and other autoimmune conditions.

However, a shellfish allergy can pop up at pretty much anytime in your life. It's up to you if you want to see an allergist or do your own self-test to see if it occurs again. I think itching without a rash does not necessarily indicate an allergy and could easily have been caused by too much sun, like you said.[/quote]

Autoimmune diseases can be affected by pregnancy hormonal changes, e.g.,:
http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/psoriasis/psoriasis-causes

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Thank you for the nearly useless link on psoriasis. However, the single sentence it has on pregnancy corroborates that pregnancy hormones are known to relieve symptoms. 
"A pregnant woman's symptoms are more likely to improve than worsen, if any changes occur at all. "[/quote]

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