Manage Fish Allergy

उपशेते यदौचित्यादोक सात्म्यं तदुच्यते ||४९||
(च.सू.६/४९)

Allergies to shellfish and fish are more common in adults and adolescents than in young children. A recent study estimated that one in every 100 people has a seafood allergy. The types of seafood that can cause allergies include scaly fish and shellfish, including molluscs (such as oysters, mussels and squid) and crustaceans (such as prawns, crayfish and yabbies). Allergic reactions to fish are typically mild, but all reactions can be unpredictable. Although rare, severe and potentially life-threatening reactions can also occur.

In Ayurveda, there is an important disease preventive concept described by all the samhitas in Ayurveda known as “satmya”. According to this concept diet or medicine which suits to one person may not be suits to another person & this is the reason diet may vary according to desha (places of living). Therefore, if any food or medicine which is non-conducive is taken, it causes alternate effects on body. Allergies comes under this concept and therefore, Fish allergy causes allergy in individuals who are ‘asatmya’ to that and there will be an immune reaction.