Julia wrote on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:57:40 -0400:

JA> Omelet wrote:
??>>
??>> Have you considered Iodine? It's a rather common allergy
??>> and rules out just about all ocean foods.

JA> I've considered it off and on over the years. I generally
JA> don't have trouble with calamari, clams, cod, drum,
JA> haddock, halibut, lobster, oysters, shrimp, sole, tilapia.
JA> I've had scares over the years with crab, salmon, snapper,
JA> trout, tuna. That's not to say that I'm definitely
JA> allergic to them, only that I thought I was getting a sore
JA> throat and took a Benedryl right away.

JA> I get iodized salt all the time with no symptoms.

None of your list bother me but I know I have a serious allergy
to penicillin and a mild one to fibrous dust. Most of the time
when I think I might be getting a food allergy it usually turns
out to be something else, probably an irritation, responding to
Claritin or the like, by pollen or drifting spores depending on
the time of the year.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not