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ALLERGY TO INSECTS
  • Allergy to medications is a common problem
    because of the frequent and sometimes excessive
    use of prescription and non-prescription drugs.
  • Drug allergy sufferers complain of one or more of
    the following
  • Hives which are itchy, red and swollen raised
    skin lesions.
  • Angioedema is giant non-itchy hives
  • Asthma (cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, and
    chest tightness)
  • Loss of blood pressure and even shock
  • Joint pains and swellings
  • Eczema (excessive skin dryness and presence of a
    rash. The rash could be itchy, sometimes intense
    and the skin becomes rough, thick, broken open at
    times.)
  • Mucus membranes
  • Digestive tract and
  • Cardiovascular system. Exposure to the offending
    medication can be through contact with the skin,
    breathing vapors from the medication, ingestion,
    or through injection. Symptoms can be
  • acute or can develop over a given, sometimes
    prolonged period of time.
  • Symptoms from allergy to medications do not
    relate to how much of that medicine is taken in
    or put on the skin. Severe or even life
    threatening symptoms can result from exposure to
    small dose of the medication such as the case
    with penicillin.
  • Identifying the offending medication and avoiding
    any form of contact with it, is very vital in the
    management of allergy to medications. You should
    familiarize yourself with the names of and the
    dates you started taking all medications.
    Remember, it takes only small quantity of a given
    medication to produce severe symptoms.

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DERMATITIS AND OTHER ALLERGIC SKIN RASHES. WE
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