So it turned out that after having prawns for dinner just now and then going to the gym, i broke out in urticaria again, much like one night in NS when the same thing occurred after having prawns for dinner and then going for a jog around camp. i think something similar happened when i was in sanfran, after having prawns for dimsum and then walking back to the hotel but i was not feeling too good then. mmm. a little research on the internet seems to point toward FOOD-DEPENDENT EXERCISE-INDUCED
ANAPHYLAXIS (FDEIA).

So it seems that exericse and eating prawns are independently tolerated but not eating prawns then exercise. that makes sense, since ive not remembered being allergic to prawns at other times. it would have been a most miserable fate if i had suddenly developed an allergy to eating prawns alone, considering how many percent of the word "seafood" is defined by prawns or for that matter, crustaceans. :( together with a 22 year-old female athlete in SAfrica (hers was sesame seed but exercise is her way of life; suffice to say she got it when undergoing training after ingesting sesame coated BREAD) and a 61 year-old Japanese man (his is wheat noodles...think soba, or one of the many varieties of ramen/udon/somen...despairing thoughts), i think i now have this weird condition where exercise actually INCREASES the body's absorption of allergens from the gut...

mmm shld i be worried?? of course not! According to the Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology, November 2007 Vol 20, No. 4 (http://www.allergysa.org/journals/2007/nov/Food-dependent%20exerciseinduced%20anaphylaxis%20associated%20with%20sesame%20seed%20ingestion.pdf) "A diagnosis of FDEIA facilitates the safe independent return to exercise and reintroduction of foods for patients who otherwise may unnecessarily avoid exercise and/or restrict their diet." BUT, urticaria CAN be life threatening when such swelling occurs in the throat, tongue and lungs, causing the airways to be obstructed, much like how tumors or anaphylactic shock kill people... who said more exercise is definitely better anw? now it seems that there is just ONE more barrier (to the numerous excuses that i already have) for not exercising. yay. perhaps heaven is giving me a sign - Thou shalt not exercise. :D