ALMOST KRILLED: Woman Left Looking Punched After Allergic Reaction To Prawns

Story By:  Ana MarjanovicSub-EditorMichael Leidig, Agency:  Newsflash

These shocking before-and-after images show how a pretty Brazilian woman’s face was left puffed-up and deformed after she had an allergic reaction to seafood.

Amanda Nicandio, 22, went viral on social media – with 5.5 million views – after sharing images of her unrecognisable face following the allergic reaction.

The student – who hails from Belo Horizonte, Brazil – said she ate prawns at a bar on Copacabana Beach on a trip to Rio de Janeiro and suffered an allergic reaction.

Student Amanda Souza Oliveira Nicandio, 22, after she was left practically unrecognizable when she had a shrimp allergy during a trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (@amandanicandio/Newsflash)

The event happened in late 2021, but Amanda only took to social media to post about it on 25th May, and the images quickly racked up millions of views.

The images show how Amanda’s face was left so swollen following the allergic reaction that she was unable to even open her left eye.

After her images did the rounds, Amanda told her followers on 15th June: “It wasn’t such a good way to go viral, but thank God I’m fine, my face is 100 per cent.”

Amanda Souza Oliveira Nicandio, 22, was left practically unrecognizable when she had a shrimp allergy during a trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (@amandanicandio/Newsflash)

And she told local media: “I asked my mother if anyone in the family or myself had ever experienced a similar situation and no: no one ever had, I was the first in the family to have an allergic reaction [to prawns]”.

Of that fateful day last year, she told her followers: “One of the employees of the bar advised me to go to the Emergency Unit.

“I was so afraid my face wouldn’t go back to how it was before. I spent the night in the Emergency Unit and, after receiving many medications and vaccinations, I was released like this [with her face still swollen].

Student Amanda Souza Oliveira Nicandio, 22, after she was left practically unrecognizable when she had a shrimp allergy during a trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (@amandanicandio/Newsflash)

“Everyone thought I had been punched.”

Amanda spent the rest of the trip wearing sunglasses.

She added that she has swerved prawns ever since.