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Reply: Allergic to Honey

I will check out the link you supplied, thanks for the tip.

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Reply: Can't drink milk/protein shakes but can eat ice cr...

Thank you Dr. Land; I appreciate your time. I read the other post and the articles you referenced and have...

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Reply: Chronic hives

Thank you, I've been keeping a journal on what I eat. I hope to see an allergist and see what is triggering...

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Asthma

Has anyone had a hard time with their asthma this season?

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Reply: Allergy to Rondec DM

Not sure, but a quick call to your pharmacist should give you an answer

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Reply: Allergic to Brown Sugar?

You might want to try a few days without the cereal and see if that helps. Now is the time of year...

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Reply: Morphine Allergy

Here is a link to the WebMD Drugs & Medication center. I put in "morphine" and it looks like...

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Reply: propelyne glycol in E-cig

I am the majority stock owner of a larger "Electronic Cigarette", company. I am ofcourse always researching and...

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Reply: ct scan contrast dye allergic reaction

Hi, simba321. I know it's been 4 mos. since your post, but I figured I'd reply and give you (and...

Posted by countryluva03813

Hi, simba321. I know it's been 4 mos. since your post, but I figured I'd reply and give you (and others) MY experience with CT scan dye. I'm sorry you went through all that, and hope you're better. Whether or not it will go away completely, I can't say, but if it goes on much longer, get yourself checked out. I don't want to discourage you, but this is what happened to me, and I'm sorry it's such a long post:

On Jan. 2nd, 2012, I went to the ER for left flank pain. I was worried I might be having kidney infarcts on the left side now, as I'd gotten them in 2005 on the right. The ER doc didn't really think I should get another CT unless the pain was really bad, because I'd had so many over the last few years, due to various health problems. After much discussion about the dangers of too many scans, he said he'd order one for the next day, if I thought the pain was really that bad. I decided it was, and also because it felt like the same pain I had when the infarcts first started, in 2005 (which eventually became a pain you'd never want to feel), and couldn't go through that again. All my previous experience with CT scan dyes were basically okay (except for the one before this last one), so I felt I'd probably be okay to get another one. I do get similar reactions to MRI dyes.

So the next day, I drank the stuff they give you, and told the techs that I got a little nauseous and had diarrhea from it. They told me I must have a little sensitivity to it. I told them that during my last CT with dye, I couldn't stop salivating, and was told by the tech then, that I was having a little anxiety attack, which I know I wasn't.

Anyway, they decided to go ahead with the procedure, and Immediately after, when my tech sat me up, my head, neck, arms, and one breast started itching, and I felt slightly nauseous and had a little headache. I told the tech about it, but he didn't seem too concerned, but said he'd put me in the changing room to observe me for half an hour before releasing me, but that if I had any problems, to come find him.

About 15 mins. later, I spotted a mirror and got up to check out myself, and saw a welt just below one eyebrow. I went to the tech and asked if that was a reaction, and he said he would get the radiologist and let him decide. While he was gone, I got another welt on my upper chest, along with a red, itchy chest and neck rash. The radiologist saw the welt under my eyebrow and said that if I was having a reaction, I'd most likely have a rash with it. I said, "You mean like this?" And showed him my neck and chest. He said, "We're going to quickly walk you over to the ER, because you're having a little reaction. When we got there, my throat started to feel like it was trying to swell. Like you, I also got the IV bags of Benedryl, and also Prednisone. A nurse stood at the foot of my bed, ready to drop it flat should I go into anaphylactic shock and have to intubate me. I was actually afraid I could die, and called my daughter to come to the ER. The meds started helping the itchyness and feeling of my throat swelling, and a few hours later, they let me go home.

It's now 4 months and 3 weeks later, and I'm STILL getting almost daily, itchy welts on my face and neck, and a neck rash, and once got that real warm feeling you get in your genitals. Only Benedryl pills have helped the welts and itching to go away.

Btw, it turns out I have kidney cysts, and still get pain in the back off/on. The ER doc had said I probably can't feel pain from them, as they're fairly small, but I do.

I'll never get another CT with dye, unless it's an emergency or I have cancer symptoms, and even then, I might decide it's not worth possibly going into anaphylactic shock for, as they say reactions get worse each time you have one done. I also get a similar reaction to the Gadolinium dye from MRIs.

P.S. I hope your symptoms go away permanently, and please post and let me know how you're doing.View Thread

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Reply: Sun allergies and skin reactions

I have the same problem. If I have anything at all on my skin, it interacts with the sun to cause those itchy...

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Confused adn Spending Too Much Money and Time

My immunologist says I'm not allergic to anything according to the blood test. I had a pretty bad skin reaction...

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Reply: allergic... to running?

Have you monitored your breathing whenever this takes place, i.e are you breathing extremely hard? for how...

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Reply: Chronic Phlegm in Throat

I'm so glad to see that i'm not along either. I don't know what else to do. I have the allergy shots, on 3...

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Allergies

My one year old daughter is allergic to nuts and seafood. She has naturally curly hair but its dry. And...

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Reply: Need help with Urticaria

I know this was 2 years ago but I have autoimmune hives now and all that works for now is prednisone. I know i...

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1 year old with reaction to peanuts

Hello, My son is 13 months old and had a reaction to peanut butter recently. He broke out in hives and his...

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Allergies and pink eye - contagious? Need advice

My allergies were acting up, which led me to rub my eyes, which led me to pink eye in my left eye. I was...

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Phelgm from gluten or dairy

Allergy cold/cough for 4 mos with phelgm is a relatively new experience for me. Dropped dairy first- that...

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Reply: Oat allergy (not Celiac Disease)

my son is allergic to oat in all forms including in lotions. we had him tested before he turned one because he...

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Reply: Fragrance Allergy and treatment?

Hi I couldn't find it either. If you click on her user name in the above post you will be taken to her allergy...

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hives help!

I got hives for the first time 2 nights ago.They went away, only to come back this morning. Allergist has me...

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Reply: Are my swollen lips an allergy?

Hi i know its been a long time. But my name is shirley and i have the same thing happen to my lips as well....

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Sun Allergy

After being out in the sun for over a half hour my 2 year old granddaughter gets very sick and runs a...

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Fish Algea Alergy?

My son has just recently started having respitory problems. I haven't been feeling the best either....

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Night Time Allergies

I've been told by several doctors that I have something called Night Time Allergies. Every day, 365 days a...

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Reply: Severe Post Nasal Drip

Hi, would you be able to tell us what you have tried so thatwe can offer new things? Some typical things are...

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Allergy to sutures

Hi - my wife is suffering from what looks like an allergy to some internal sutures that were used in a...

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Reply: Latex allergy -Need help

Thank you, thank you for posting. Your information doesn't scare me, it confirms what I have been...

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Sinus Allergies turning into Hives?

For the past 10 years I've suffered from sinus allergies. Scratch tests revealed allergic reactions to just...

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