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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Asthma, oral allergy syndrome and allergic rhinitis were linked to decreased odds for outgrowing shellfish ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Previous research relied on self-reported data, but this study used skin prick testing and serum-specific IgE.

A wide swath of the U.S. has become entrenched in a cicada frenzy as trillions of the noisy but harmless insects emerge from the ground. Illinois is at the center of it all, as it's one of two states ...

Allergies are an unfortunate part of life. But, while you can suspect you have an allergy to something, you really won’t know for sure unless you get tested. Most doctors recommend that you get tested ...