After reading about your experience, I think that you might want to print out this column and bring it to the doctor. There is nothing more terrifying than to know that your life is in danger. A delayed shellfish allergy is apparently so rare that those of us who experience it need to arm ourselves with knowledge as well as with epi-pens.
]]>One reason might be that they eat more shellfish in those countries. That would sensitise more people.
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