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Allergic Reaction
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I'm having an allergic reaction to something and I can't figure out to what. I've never been allergic to anything till now. This is the 3rd time it's happened in 2 months. I went to the doctor last time and she told me there wasn't really anything she could do to figure out what it is. Is that true? There's got to be some way, right? She gave me a prescription for 'triamcinolone acetonide'...it helps relieve the discomfort a bit, but the rash is still there. (Mainly my neck, behind my ears, and some on my face). This time is by far the worst and I'd like to know what it is so that I can avoid it.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
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I know from personal experience that this can be a complete nightmare.
The Dr probably diagnosed you with "urticaria" yeah? Or "chroni urticaria"?
Basically its very gvery difficult indeed to find out what it is thats causing it. I think in my case it was "stress"- but its still undetermined.
I wrote this a while back in answer to a thread aboyt something else, butr its basically about what happened with my allergy/urticaria so I'll re-post it for you:
I guess my point to that was really make it plain to the Dr that it makes you miserable, and try be forceful. Then again it could have just been that I had bad luck with my particular GP and specialist...
Good luck with sorting it out :cool:
My eyelids have started to swell, so I went back to the doctor this morning. She was surprised to see that this time it wasn't just constrained to behind my ears, but that it had spread to my face and neck. So there I was, sitting in this little room, with a doctor, two nurses, and a dermatologist, and none of them really had anything worthwhile to say.
The dermatologists says it's most likely a contact dermatitis...or something like that. Basically, he thinks it's something that I've touched rather than eaten. Recommended buying this special(and ridiculously expensive) soap and Johnson's Baby Shampoo to alleviate it(and because he thinks my soap and shampoo are too harsh on my skin). Also gave me a prescription for Zyrtec (some kind of antihistimine...and also expensive).
With all the money I've put down, I hope it goes away soon and I can figure out what's causing it so I can avoid it in the future. I'm supposed to go back and see the dermatologist in a couple of weeks. Maybe it'll be productive this time.
Yep, Zyrtec's what they gave me first...I think thats the bottom of the range one they do for you.
If you go again, ask for Telfast (if its appropriate which it probably will be) which is the marketing name for the drug they give to RAF fighter pilots who have allergies- so you better bet its effective!:D
One more tip, sometimes it helps to put that calomine lotion on large patches, it soothes it quite well i find, and also something called "distilled witch hazel"... however sometimes these things make it even worse
The advice I would give is to really insist with your doctor and let him know what a misery it makes your life. If possible get them to do you a blood test. Also with the thing with the eyes swelling, thats important, because when I complained that my lip swelled he immediately prescribed something more powerful because if it makes your throat etc swell, you could die...
Good luck
Good luck anyway :thumbs:
Yeah, I hadn't heard of those before, so I just assumed they were only relevant to you.
My lips have some swelling but not much...just my upper lip is rough, kindof like there's a rash there that I can't see. I made sure to mention that to my doctor because of someone telling me that if my throat swelled, that could be bad news.
I took the first Zyrtec 2 1/2 hrs ago and I'm already feeling better. Although the redness is still there, there's not near as much itching/burning.