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Suggest Medication For Allergy Of Shellfish
Hello, i have a strong shellfish allergy (i get swollen if i touch them and if i eat them my throat closes up and i get very sick to my stomach) and im going on a cruise in July where they offer snorkling. I was wondering if it would be OK for me to snorkle with this allergy; and if not, can i take some OTC medications like Claritin D or Benadryl to alleviate any complications? I wont touch the shellfish, just be swimming in their vacinity. Thank you for your time. :)
Fri, 27 Mar 2015
Look as you have said that you have strong allergy to shellfish than first and fore most thing that you have to do is stay away from shellfish as much as you can. In addition to that as you are going on a cruise in July than you just carry some anti-allergic drugs with you like tab cetrizine or tab avil or tab faxofenadine or tab desloratidine whichever available. Whenever you feel disturbed with allergy just take any one of above mentioned drugs twice daily after meals, it will take care of you as well as of your allergy.
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