My wife almost died from eating tuna noodle casserole she made.
All of our married life, my wife has made a great tuna noodle casserole. she has never had a problem with this, until one Sunday afternoon. we had not had anything to eat all day and both of us ate more than our share of the casserole. within 10 minutes of completing our meal, i heard my wife scream for me. she was about to pass out. she said she felt like the blood was leaving her body from her head down to her toes. i immedialtely called 911. before the paramedics arrived, i gave my wife 50 mg. of antihistimine. ambulance arrived within 5 minutes and began an IV of glucose. she began to feel better. she was transported to a nearby hospital. her bloodwork showed an allergic reaction to fish crustaceans. how could this be with tuna fish? doctor explained that sometimes tuna fish is not cleaned as thoroughly as it should be. that other bottom-feeding animals like lobsters and crabs are sometimes cleaned close together at the factory. apparently, some of the crustaceans had worked its way into the can of tuna fish, prepared by my wife and you know the rest.
Giving her the antihistimine possibly saved her life. we keep it on hand all the time now, just in case.