I have a violent new reaction only to clams. It has happened twice before in the last year, and again this weekend. In every case they were cooked, either in a soup, steamed, or in clams casino. The reaction starts after 1-6 hours and brings on extreme cramps and lower GI 'distress', ie the Hershey squirts every 15 minutes. I can't eat or drink, or even sip water because it causes the cramping to start again for 5-10 minutes, and everything goes right through. The episode lasts for about 24 hours, and then I'm fine again.

I've read about general allergic reactions to seafood or shell fish, but this is isolated only to clams. I've eaten mussels, shrimp and various fish recently with no problems at all. I'm trying to find out whats unique about clams that causes this. In the mean time, I must remember: Clams = Bad for me!

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