Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: sao123
last time my wife developed hives she nearly died overnight of an allergic reaction to her medication... seek medical help immediately.
an allergy should never cause death if it is the first time ever ingesting something that caused an allergic reaction.
What was the medication, if you don't mind me asking. Something she could have taken as a child that hadn't presented an obvious reaction the first time? Or any other time she had taken it, or something that is extremely similar in make-up?
it was a sulfa based medication for her acne outbreaks, allergies to it are common. She had taken it several times before with no effects, this time severe hives, which resulted in severe dehydration overnight, which resulted in her collapsing unconcious in her dorm when she woke the next morning. Luckily her door was open and someone saw her and called an ambulance, or she would have laid there and died.
Then again, medicinal allergies I don't know how different they are compared to protein-based allergies (insect bites/stings and foods).
As for the OP...
Did you recently ingest a food item or ingredient you have never had before? Or otherwise been exposed to something brand new in your life that you have never been exposed to before?
If you began taking all those medications to try and cure the hives, its definitely not them.
I say this... because hives tend to be the first reaction the body shows when it determines it wants to be allergic to something new. Food allergies get exponentially worse from there with each new exposure, and sometimes the second time is enough to cause a potential medical emergency if the first reaction was readily apparent.
I had hives on my arms a few days into taking my first prescription of Zithromax. I now state I am allergic to that whenever asked. If hives would be all I'd get, I'd deal with it, but never know what the next reaction will be like, not a chance I'm going to take. Which sucks, because Zithromax is like 5 or so doses over 5 days (antibiotic), whereas the typical prescription, amoxicillin, is like 30 doses over 10 days. Annoying as all hell, especially when an infection clears up 3 or 4 days into the dosing and yet still have to remember to take 15-20 more pills, or do like I did last time and the period bumped to about 13 days because I'd forget one of the 3 doses in a day.
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