
One more thing: I'm also allergic to pennicilin and it's derivatives, so how would I go about getting a medic-alert tag in Japanese characters?
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Kaibutsu wrote: What are some common dishes with shellfish bases?
Mulboyne wrote:Shellfish allergy is surprisingly common in Japan (unhelpfully, I've forgotten the translation) but the onus is firmly on you to avoid consumption...
Taro Toporific wrote:Mulboyne wrote:Shellfish allergy is surprisingly common in Japan (unhelpfully, I've forgotten the translation) but the onus is firmly on you to avoid consumption...
There's an interesting speculation on how the hell could shellfish allergies are starting to become common in Japan (non-existent in the pre-WWII days). One theory is the fast-food industry is very dependent on using iodine as a food disinfectant. For example one Big Mac has 1,200 times the daily requirement of iodine since the meat-handling processes use very dilute iodine to prevent nasty e-coli, food poisoning, etc.
Now for 98% of people, this excess iodine is just pissed out and the added food safety of iodine-disinfected food save thousands of lives every year. In your case you have to be care of 7-11 bento and the like because the possiblity of food disinfectants used might include iodine.
Finally, atropine or adrenaline shots for people going into allergy shock are available everywhere, but miscommunication is gonna be a problem for you. Save yourself the entire problem and just carry an carry an "Epi-pen", autoinjector.
---Taro, the ex-EMT
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