Dear Silver List, Iodine allergies are as well known as contact allergies to Silver. Reactions to shrimp, shellfish, kelp, etc. have been traced to iodine. Even when used as a disinfectant in a purified form, Iodine is very well know to cause allergic reaction. My sister almost died from an unknown iodine allergy during a medical test using radioactive iodine to check her kidneys, she literally passed out on the table.
(Immune systems have also been know to attack thyroid hormones for that matter causing low thyroid.) Most people when allergic to wheat gluten, corn gluten, etc are allergic to the proteins (gluten specifically to the sugar binding proteins called lectins). Being allergic to protein is true with bee venom (foreign proteins), grass pollens, and the majority of milk and egg allergies. This isn't so astounding; all proteins, fats, oils, etc coming into the body are foreign bodies. How the digestive tract, Liver, and the immune system react to this foreign matter varies from individual to individual. I had one client's son who could only eat distilled water, white rice, and a "milk" made from lamb's meat. The child should have had beri-beri, scurvy, and a host of other deficiency disease, but did not. The child would go into anaphylactic shock from infancy (rules out the psychological factor), when other foods were introduced, even when in dilute or minute quantities, and unknown to the child. A favorite website on Iodine. http://www.lewrockwell.com/miller/miller20.html I am not biased against iodine, but as allergies go it is a very common allergy. One can even be allergic to sunlight, it is rare disease called Solar Urticaria. Regards, Steve Foss
