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I'm following this up - trying to pinpoint what I'm allergic to. Apart from biting and sucking on a shrimp's head, I also suspect my lip balm. The lip balm that I started using every night since November last year when it started getting cold: Burt's Bees Peppermint lip balm. I haven't put it on since March when I had that allergic reaction on my lips that took weeks to go away . I tested the lip balm on Monday, May 23, 2016. I applied it on half of my lower lip and a moment later... There it is, that part of my lower lip getting itchy and inflamed. The redness is obvious close to the center. It was swollen when I woke up the next day and the clear bubbles started to appear along the edge as the day went on. Same thing as before. I'm allergic to you. I'm allergic to you... It felt really nice on my lips before I became allergic to it too. Oh well...

This was taken on March 19 and the worst that the swelling has gotten on my upper lip. I had to use a teaspoon to eat. March 19, '16 SATURDAY Woke up, same: swollen & crusty-white. Upper lip's bigger than yesterday's. REALLY BIG. Took 5mg Cetirizine in the afternoon. But the Cetirizine is not helping with the swelling and because it doesn't itch, I'll stop taking it. I was told to increase my Medrol (Methylprednisolone, a maintenance rx for my myositis) from every other day to once a day to see if it'll make a difference. Will start this tonight. *Took 4mg Medrol tonight. Applied petroleum jelly again too; it's soothing. March 20, '16 SUNDAY It made a difference! Still woke up with white crust along border but the swelling has gone down significantly. Feels tingly too; maybe because it's healing? Still slathering on petroleum jelly. *Took 2mg Medrol tonight. March 21, '16 MONDAY Woke up: Swelling all but gone. No crust o

I cannot spell "broccoli" right. Quick recap: Bit and sucked on a shrimp's head on 3/14/16 Monday, dinner. Lips tingled and itched so took half a Zyrtec right away. Lips felt tight for 2 days. On the 3rd day, 3/17/16 Thursday, woke up with noticeably swollen & white-crusted lips (mainly upper lip). It got a little better during the day. On 3/18/16 Friday (TODAY), woke up with the swollen white-crusty lips again (upper lip's center border line's barely visible); it looks worse than yesterday. Took Cetirizine 5mg (half of 10mg tab) in the afternoon. So, am I allergic to shrimp now? It's turning out to be shrimp week here. Had a large ebi tempura (no head) on 3/15/16 Tuesday for dinner and pancit with baby shrimp on 3/17/16 Thursday for dinner. The pancit noodles tasted like it was boiled with shrimp essence (dinikdik na shrimp heads and shells). I'm getting ready for bed now. Slathered lips with petroleum jelly and took another 5mg of Cetirizin

That's homemade bread pudding. I had a bad allergic reaction after I bit and sucked on a shrimp's head at dinner on Monday. My lips tingled, itched and turned red. They gave me half a Zyrtec right away and told me to take a teaspoonful of white sugar. I didn't have any food allergies until then. I admit that my lips used to tingle a little after sucking on a shrimp's head before but the feeling wouldn't last so it wasn't a bother. But, boy, that Monday's shrimp brain must've been toxic! The tight and tingling feeling on my lips didn't go away. Then yesterday, the borders of my upper and lower lip started to feel very dry too. I woke up today with my lips swollen and the borders dry and crusty white. My upper lip was very "plump" which was quite obvious that someone pointed it out. I took a bath and most of the crust has fallen off. It's all superficial and not really that bad. My lower lip is returning to normal already. It fe