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One thing has me brfuddled is thar adter the steroids. I suddenly have moles where I never had them prior to this allergic reaction. Could there be any corrolation to this outbreak ?View Thread

The doctors were never able to isolate the cause of my reaction, At least the severe itching has subsided with the use of aloe vera gel and some ointment given me.
They don't have me scheduled for allergy testing until the middle of December. I'm not privy as to why the delay. I hope I don't have another bout of this in the mean time...PJView Thread

The difficulty began about 2000 hrs. The back of my lest thigh began itching, thinking nothing of it until I went to the bathroom a few minutes later. In the bathroom, I noticed the back of my thigh was drastically enlarged. Being very concerned that it was not an allergy, but rather a spider bite of something. I try to be very aware of those as I live in a rural area and about ten years ago I was bitten on my left quadracept by a brown recluse spider. I was very fortunate because I was not left with a huge scar.
Anyway, I drove myself to the closest VA hospital emergency room, about 90 miles away. By the time I got there, I was itching in numerous areas. Shortly after arriving, the nurses put my on an IV because they said I was dehydrated. The next thing I knew was that they were wheeling up to a room. The senior nurse on duty said she had never seen an allergic rash that bad. All the doctors ever did was prescribe clorbetasol cream and steroids, specifically, prednesone. Over the next three days, they could not cometo a definitive answer as to what caused the reaction. After thtree days, the swelling and sploches had reduce so they sent me home with some betasol cream and some steroids in reducing amounts. They said they wanted to see me in seven days.
This morning, my left ear lobe looked like a cherry hanging from it. And, ton ight, my right ear lobe is the same. What is happening ?View Thread
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