Iodine Allergy
Kubota et al reported on the case of a 60 year old Japanese woman who suffered from an iodine allergy induced by food containing iodine.
She had regularly eaten seaweed since childhood and, from about the age of 30, had experienced severe itching of the skin after consuming iodine-containing foods.
The condition appeared several hours after eating iodine containing food and was not present when iodine rich foods were avoided. She also experienced thyroid dysfunction which was rectified one iodine rich foods were avoided.
Iodine allergy induced by the oral consumption of iodine-containing
food
Y Kubota, T Koga, H Miyahara, H Kiryu, J Nakayama
XVII International Congress of Allergology and Clinical Immunology -
ICACI XVII Sydney, 2000