shellfish and tingly hands

[tielan]

So, last night's tingly hands continued from around 7pm until well past midnight.

Tingly hands after eating shellfish are not a comforting thing when you've spent a morning at the War Remnants Memorial (highly recommended for anyone in HCMC) reading up about the effects of neurotoxins like Agent Orange.

However a FB friend noted that tingly hands may portend shellfish allergies. D'oh! I love shellfish! But my body is accustomed to Australian standards of shellfish, which are probably a little more cleanly than Vietnamese standards.

This means I'm gonna be rather more cautious with the shellfish around here over the next few days...

(Dammit; I may no longer be able to tell people that I'll eat anything, so long as it's not trying to crawl off the plate - unless it's supposed to be trying to crawl off the plate, in which case, I'll give it a try at least once.)

Comments

[monanotlisa]

Yeah, tingly hands are a systemic reaction --

could be toxins, or could be allergies or sensitivities; wheat/rye/barley trigger that shit for me (in the latter category), as do uncooked mung beans (in the former category). Best be careful. It's not the tingling as such but the underlying full-body reaction that's worrisome.

But I hear you: It sucks when suddenly a truth held dear all your life no longer works. I too could (and would :) once eat everything on earth, provided the quality was good.

[tielan]

So far, no tingly hands today (and no shellfish either). We live in hope... (And will take appropriate caution for the rest of the trip.)

[monanotlisa]

Fingers and toes crossed for you. All the foods sound so yummy.

[everbright]

H'mm, and I suppose you didn't eat enough of the snails to test whether it's Vietnamese shellfish or just crab. At least the tingling is over now!