Allergies Suck
I thought I'd just share what happened a few days ago. For a school fieldtrip, we went into a farm. It was all well and good, but when I got home, I was itching for some reason. I thought it was just due to the sweat and dust from the farm. I just washed it off and went to sleep.
However, the next morning, I woke up with hives. I did not know it was hives at first. I just thought those were from the scratching I've been doing last night.
As I walk to the university, I can feel myself losing my breath. Hey, maybe it's just from the tiredness from the fieldtrip.
Boy, I was wrong. I've only been in class for an hour and I can feel myself losing focus. A friend told me that maybe I was experiencing some sort of allergic reaction. I laughed it off due to the fact that I don't have allergies.
Still, it hit me. Maybe she was right. I can't take it anymore. I excused myself and pulled myself to the health service of the school. When a nurse checked on me, it seems that panic ensued. He had a doctor immediately check on me. Turns out that I needed a shot of diphenhydramine immediately. I even had to take some nebule thing for my breath.
Diphenhydramine, as it turns out, knocks you out to sleep. I slept for a good hour at the clinic. I don't even know what caused that reaction. The doctor just told me to avoid all foods that commonly cause a reaction that includes chicken, chocolate, seafood. You know, the good stuff.
Welp, allergies suck.
Turns out that if I had not dragged myself to the clinic immediately, I would have had anaphylactic shock.
Thanks, immune system.
The hives are still there, but it's getting better.
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After taking an anti-nausea drug, compazine, my lower jaw rotated 90-degrees to the left, locking in place. This twisted my neck sideways, making it hard to breathe. I felt terrified.
My boyfriend rushed me to a medical clinic. I was clutching the bottle of compazine.
"Take her to a hospital," the triage nurse said. "We can't help her."
"Bring her in here NOW," a doctor ordered. "Give her an injection of 50 mg. of benadryl STAT."
"I saw this reaction to compazine when I worked in a psychiatric hospital," the doctor explained. "Companize is also an anti-psychotic drug. In 25% of patients, lockjaw is permanent."
He prescribed six weeks of a heavy doze of benadryl. For a month, my jaw wanted to twist to the left. I held it in place with my hand. My jaw ached after being dislocated.
Compazine is commonly prescribed after surgery for nausea. I memorized spelling of the generic name: Prochlorperazine.
I was lucky. The lockjaw went away.
LiterateHiker
Level 9
Feb 10, 2019
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It's great that you came through it ok, and scary that it happened. I agree with those below who said you need to find out the cause so it doesn't happen again. It seems that it was something you were exposed to at the farm -- something you hadn't been exposed to before. And you could carry some sort of medication in case it happens again. Take care of yourself!
ladyprof70
Level 7
Feb 10, 2019
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You should go to a doctor and find out what you are allergic to. It might be that you can eat all those things and it is something else that gave you the reaction.
Stephanie99
Level 8
Feb 10, 2019
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Good thing you got help in time!! One of my cousins passed away in her sleep from an allergic reaction.
sewchick57
Level 7
Feb 10, 2019
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Good thing you caught it quickly enough. I’ve never reacted to to anything that adversely, but I have known people who have to avoid any type of nuts like the plague, or they wind up in the hospital intubated.
webbew1
Level 7
Feb 10, 2019
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My oldest son has a peanut allergy. Idiot kid almost killed himself with a fun size Snickers. It was in his freezer after Halloween and he said he couldn't resist. And then he was too embarrassed to call his gramma to take him to the ER. I don't know how he survived, I'll bet he wouldn't a second time! Oh, he was 28 and fully aware he has the peanut allergy.
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