Re: Ditch the ITCH !!!!!!!
oh my gosh. funny to see this post!
i'm allergic to bloodworms. i didn't even know it was that common- i thought it was a rare thing that i reacted sooo badly to them! it's my ONLY allergy too...
ha. ok, blackworms it is. :)
Re: Ditch the ITCH !!!!!!!
Every once and a while I like to bring this up.. If you use blood worms... frozen or freeze dried and get itchy eyes, have trouble breathing, asthma or get raised welts or Hives.. Thats a sign you may be allegeric to Blood worms and you should be careful...the reactions can get stronger... and you can actually go into anaphylactic shock just as with a bee sting if they are severe enough.
Search the net for blood worm allergies .... its a real problem to be aware of.
Our Freeze Dried Blackworms are totally unrelated to bloodworms and there have been no reports of allergies. If you are looking for an awesome product to replace the itch.. try our Freeze Dried Blackworms. Your Fish will love them and you won't be left all itchy and weezy!
Thanks,
Al
Re: Ditch the ITCH !!!!!!!
Some scientific abstracts and articles on Bloodworm allergies
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877067/
Quote:
Bloodworms, which are larvae of chironomids (also called freshwater midges), are often used as fish food or bait. Although chironomids can be found in Europe, North America, and parts of Asia, allergies to them are mainly due to their use as fish food. Individuals at particular risk of chironomid-induced allergy include fish farmers, fishermen, pet shop owners, and others who keep fish or work with fish [1], as in our patient's case.
There have been a number of previously reported cases of hypersensitivity to chironomids [2-4]. With the increasing popularity of aquariums, allergy to chironomids may become less of a novelty and become something clinicians should be aware of when searching for the cause of a patient's atopic symptoms. Indeed, intradermal allergy testing of 718 asthmatic children with a Chironomidae extract in Japan showed 27.9% of results to be positive, suggesting that atopy to chironomids is one of the most common inhalant allergies in Japan [5].
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2475042/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2241583/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9777536/
If you currently feed Freeze Dried Blood worms or frozen ones, You should be very aware of allergic symptoms in both yourself and your family members.
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