Allergic reaction.
By janedell
@jndlponti (2402)
Philippines
April 30, 2016 8:39am CST
Since I was young I had this allergic reaction to eating some seafood's like shrimp and crabs. I couldn't eat them for when I do my heart palpitated and would have flat line on the monitor. It really a major issue.
But when I got married and had kids surprisingly my food cravings we're those and nothing happened to me.
Just few months ago I learned that my allergies on food was turned to allergy on some medicine..one of them is ibuprofen and another was mefenamic.anything with these content made my eyes get really swollen.
(The picture on top was taken last week when I accidentally take medical ibuprofen to relieve my headache)
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Allergic on many things..I could not have white flowers or vicks.. just by it's smell irritates my nose.
I just settle with biogesic instead. Or a good massage will do.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
@SIMPLYD anything that is just purely paracetamol is okay with me.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
@jndlponti poor you , my dear. But at least Biogesic is okay with you.
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@LdeL0318 (6400)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
You should have an allergy test to see those that could trigger your allergies. My nephew had that test when he was young and we found out that he's allergic to pollens, dusts, and cockroach. His eyes are swollen just like yours whenever he would have some allergies. My other nephew has allergies on ibuprofen also.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Lucky for the kids now.
But way back on my time there was no available test like that in the Philippines. (Way back 1984)
And now I don't even think there is any available doctor who specialised on that genetic allergies.
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@LdeL0318 (6400)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
@jndlponti Oh my nephew's pedia specializes on allergies. I remeber he used to take shots for several years. Now he's totally fine.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
@LdeL0318 Good for him.. in our place I think no one yet.. there's no even available of a pediatric cardiologist.
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@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Oh wow, that's a bit dangerous. I'm allergic to dust and strong smell, but i only sneeze a lot.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
I heard it gets a lot worst as you age
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@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
@jndlponti It's the opposite in my case lol!
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
1 May 16
Yeah I can now it seafood's..
What was your allergic reaction with sulfur?
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
3 May 16
@JudyEv oh..that's sounds bad.. itching really is troublesome..you cannot sleep well during the night
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@JudyEv (341752)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 May 16
@jndlponti I start to itch and my skin gets very red.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Oh...Yah by that way you have to go to the hospital for antihistamine shots just like mine when I had still an allergy on food.
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@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
@jndlponti i was rushed.to the hospital...and ilearned where didni get it
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
@Lucky15 So you we're not aware of it before?
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
I am also allergic to seafoods. But I still love to taste or eat them. After an hour, I have difficulty in breathing and sometimes I will have stomach cramps.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
And as if you could here every beat you heart makes..that's how you reacted om eating seafoods? I was over it already..miraculously..haha
But not actually all gone..just shifted to other source of allergy.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
@brokenbee Like you feel first that it feels like there are little crawly thing that by is coming out from the back of your neck then later feeling stomach cramps and next thing is difficulty in breathing.
I feel you.
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
@jndlponti yup! I think it is becoming worse. Before, I only had itchiness and little rashes in my ears.
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@shaggin (72183)
• United States
1 May 16
Oh wow the reaction to seafood you have sounds very scary and deadly. Your eyes look terribly swollen from the medicine it looks so painful. I hope the swelling went down quickly. Things like that you can be given a shot to relieve the symptoms. You have very severe reactions to the things you are allergic to.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
1 May 16
Yeah. Truly.. I was confine in the hospital few hours after I took that picture so I could have shots and can be observe by the physicians properly.
It lasted for almost three to four days.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
1 May 16
i had a temporary allergy to vit. e.
do your kids have any allergies?
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
1 May 16
Yes..only my other child.the second one..
And also he was like me who has asthma.
@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
1 May 16
@hereandthere not really.. he is allergic to dust and strong smell.
Also he is allergic to other kinds of fabric and fabric softener.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
1 May 16
@jndlponti so is he also allergic to shellfish? or the same medicine?
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
1 May 16
Yeah..no more next time on this. I hope.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Yeah... I couldn't imagine having those two swollen eyes again..it lasted for about four days before it gets to it's normal phase.lol
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
30 Apr 16
@jndlponti I am allergic to the pill "Losec", I couldn't breath and my face was all swollen. Had to have an injection.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
@marlina ouch! I feel you..
My husband had to guide me around since I couldn't open both my eyes that time.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
1 May 16
I am not really sure if I am OK with naproxine. Probably next time I will have a skin test first before I take in any prescribed medicine.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
1 May 16
It already did..that was last week. I just couldn't get over how scared I was when it happened. I couldn't open my eyes and couldn't see a thing.but after the shots it slowly went well.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
3 May 16
@DianneN that sounds awful..only by cipro you are allergic to?
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
1 May 16
@jndlponti I'm glad it's gone! I'm allergic to Cipro and get hundreds of blisters in my mouth, lips, and tongue. Just awful.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
1 May 16
OMG! You have to be very careful in taking medicines. Don't take ibuprofen because it's for muscle pain reliever Maybe a paracetamol or biogesic is fine with you.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
1 May 16
Yeah... I couldn't take in anything with ibuprofen and mefenamic...
Yes iogesic is safe with me..but now I have to carry around my antihistamine as well for I am not really sure what other sort of things that I am allergic to.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
1 May 16
@jndlponti be careful with antihistamine too for it is too strong.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
1 May 16
@Macarrosel Yeah. I have my proscription on it. Only the ones that have less drowsyness effect since I am at work all day.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
Yeah.. I always believe on the herbal medicines.
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@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
30 Apr 16
We already dis..she made me a list of the medicines I could not take in..most of them we're the ones with ibuprofen content and mefenamic content.
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