Health Tip: If You're Allergic to Shellfish

(HealthDay News) -- If you are allergic to shellfish, you can end up in the hospital if you eat something with a protein found in shellfish.

So be sure to check the ingredient label of anything you eat. Here is a list of ingredients to avoid, courtesy of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital:

• Crab, crawfish, crayfish, ecrevisse.
• Any type of clam, including cherrystone, littleneck, pismo and quahog.
• Abalone.
• Lobster, langouste or langoustine, scampi, coral or tomalley.
• Mussels, oyster, scallops or any kind of mollusk.
• Shrimp, prawns or crevette.
• Cockle, periwinkle or sea urchin.

-- Diana Kohnle

Last Updated: Oct. 26, 2006

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