Vitamin C after shrimp causes damaged organs and even death? ?

Question

I just got a random message from a friend on my yahoo messenger saying that there was this woman who had shrimp in her meal and right after that drank some vitamin C drink and suddenly she died from having blood coming out of her body vastly. The main cause of her death was as believed a bad mix of some chemical stuff in the shrimp (asetenic or something like that -the message has been deleted) with another chemical stuff in the Vit C drink.

Is this even true??

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How would it be explained in a scientific way? Any even possibility that such thing can happen?

Answer 1

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Never fear, it's false!

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Answer 2

shrimps are dangerous. i know a boy who ate shrimp, he turned red.

Answer 3

That sounds really stupid.

Answer 4

Yeahh uhh I don't think that's true because it sounds really unlikely. I mean, bleeding vastly because of shrimp/ a vitamin?? Come on.

Answer 5

Well I would not believe so as there are no negative effects if you mix shrimp with vitamin C. I usually eat shrimp with lemon juice on it and I'm still alive.

Answer 6

AHAHAHA!!!!!!! thanks that just made my day a million times better =]

Answer 7

Your body can not possibly overdose on vitamin C. You will urinate any extra vitamin C your body doesn't need.

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Common sense, look it up if you don't believe me. Vitamin C helps with breathing and so many other things, it can't harm you unless you are allegric.

Answer 8

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!
LOL
MAN
You guys with your high tech devices...really doesn't make you any smarter...believing anything you read.
Holy crap man if I said that if you microwaved cheetos it would expand and explode the microwave would you believe that too?

Think about it REALLY.
How many people live here on this rock called earth....for how long?
You would think that
1. people would be dropping off especially in areas of high shrimp consumption.
2. Shrimp does not have chemicals in it.
It is made up of proteins and fat vitamins and minerals.
Period

Asetenic is a made up word.
Acetic acid is vitamin C.

There is no way to be explained no possibility it could happen.
Unless the shrimp was alive and took out the broad with a switchblade going down her throat....

A bad mix of 'chemical stuff' in the shrimp?
Unless she was poisoned, deliberately or accidentally and hemorrhaged it is impossible for anything like that to happen with natural foods.
All combinations of foods have been tried again and again.

Vitamin C is inert and is not toxic especially diluted as in a beverage.

It is incredibly ridiculous nonsense.

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I have a bachelors degree in Nutrition