ALLERGY TO MEDICATIONS

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ALLERGY TO MEDICATIONS

• 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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CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION ON DIAGNOSIS AND
PROPER EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF ECZEMA, CONTACT
DERMATITIS AND OTHER ALLERGIC SKIN RASHES. WE
CAN HELP.
Allergy, Asthma, Sinus and Immunology Center 201
Eighth Street South Suite 107 Naples, FL
34102 Phone [phone] www.allergytoday.com