Eating shrimp/prawn outside layer (hard one) cause Stomach Ache!!! Is it??

Stomach ache - Stomach ache mainly cause by what??
@xabimaru (340)
Malaysia
February 28, 2007 7:34am CST
I had a very big lunch today as my company treats their top employees to the Chinese New Year lunch. The food was a lot!! Dishes after dishes. Almost 10 dishes were there. I ate almost all of the dishes and now, I have a stomach ache!!! I asked my mom opinion, she said it is because i ate shrimp/prawn whole (means together with the hard layer covering it) Is it really can cause stomach ache?? Is my stomach ache cause by it or i just ate too much??
4 responses
• United States
28 Feb 07
i don't think so it's the main reason of your stomachache. you might just be having some stomach upset for eating too much or a gas reflux. i have been eating shrimps since childhood with other kind of foods specially during party but i have never heard somebody been experiencing that condition or even my parents or doctor relatives mentioned of such.
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@xabimaru (340)
• Malaysia
1 Mar 07
That's a relief. I was so worried as maybe the cause is by eatint the prawn as whole of it. Now that you mention it, i think i have to stop eating too much and give out some space huh? Thanks angel marie! You are truly an angel
@cassidy22 (2974)
• United States
28 Feb 07
The hard layer is the exoskeleton of the crustacean. I don't think you are supposed to eat that at all. I've never seen anyone eat it. It's hard, and I think it would be very hard for the stomach to digest it and pass it through.
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@xabimaru (340)
• Malaysia
28 Feb 07
Yupe the hard layer, it can't be eaten? Well that a bad news for me. I ate 4 very large shrimps and the whole of it except for the head. I think as the shell is hard that's why my stomach hurt aigh?? Thanks cassidy for your opinion.
@qouniq (1966)
• Malaysia
23 Mar 08
who says we can't eat the shell of the prawn?! May be if it is a lobster then we can't eat the shell because it is very hard, but not to the prawn. I do eat the prawn with the shell sometimes...in fact cooking the prawn with it shell will keep the smell and the taste of the prawn. I think your stomach ache is just because u ate too much food from different kind of dishes. It is normal when u eat too much, sometimes the acid from the dishes will react to your body system.
• Singapore
28 Feb 07
I don't think the cause is eating the prawns with the shells together. Certainly nothing happened to me - just yesterday, I was licking my fingers off some deliciously fried cereal prawns - meat and shells together. Eating the shells together just mean your body needs to work harder to digest it - but it shouldn't be a problem for most people. It could just be that you over-eat. It is not that rare to get stomach upset when you eat more than the quantity you usually indulge in - or when you eat unusually "rich" food. Just let your body work off the food, you should be fine the next day or 2. ;-)
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@xabimaru (340)
• Malaysia
28 Feb 07
Well thanks lordwarwizard. That really relief me a bit. Rite now my stoch still feel unease. Yeah, i ate the prawn together woth the shell because they cooked it crispy and i juat it whole lol. It because of the amount of food huh? My stomach is shocked!!! Hope it will be okay.