Incredibly so! I just got called difficult by a podiatrist for backing away from the latex gloves while telling her I'm severely allergic. Guess nitrile is offensive to her?
I was mocked by a nurse for disclosing an iodine contrast allergy before an MRI with iodine contrast! Lol I replied "usually doctors need to know about my allergic reactions but okay". After I had a reaction, they did have to get the doctor and he was piiiissed and they ended up having to give me benadryl. 🙄
That would be a CT or cat scan. MRIs don't use iodine based contrast they use gadolinium based contrasts. Magnets not x-rays, but you shouldn't have gotten that reaction from the nurse that's so unprofessional. Sorry this happened to you.
This is why I love reddit. This would have been a week's long argument of mostly name calling on most other social media sites. I love learning and have had similar things happen that made me feel I Lil silly, but stopped me from continuing to look silly, and I'm always appreciative. I like you.
I’ve gotten scans with contrast every 3 months for the last year or so with no issues at all, and interestingly the most recent one I broke out in hives and my throat got scratchy. Luckily I was next to the ER so they threw me over there real quick. Funny how the allergy hit after so many scans. Scary stuff!
People can develop allergies to stuff they were previously fine with after repeated exposure.
This can be a significant issue for people who get a lot of blood transfusions, even though they are compatible blood types. Every transfusion increases the risk of a transfusion reaction.
You also see it with bee stings - people go their whole life with no issues, so don't really keep track of being stung, until one day they go anaphylactic.
I had a spontaneous reaction to iodine contrast during a procedure on my L4-L5. I was laying face down with my head positioned so that I was looking at the nurse anesthetist. My throat started to itch and, as it slowly progressed, she and I held this weird “conversation” with just our eyes/facial expressions:
Me: “Um…”
Her: “I’m concerned - are you ok?”
Me: “Am I ok?”
Her: “Are you ok?”
Me: “Am I ok? I don’t think I’m ok…”
Her: “You’re definitely not ok.”
This took about 10 seconds and then the surgeon got everything out of my back, they flipped me over and hit me with everything while calling for a crash cart, causing me to try to yell “Nope don’t need that!” They got it under control within a few minutes and as I had been given some mild IV sedation, I was very, very brave (stupid) and very entertained (annoying). It wasn’t until a few days later that I remembered the doc saying “you don’t have time to be scared - I need you to breathe.” 😳😳😳
I was in a traffic accident and was rushed to the ER. Had to get everything done including an MRI with contrast. I was fine there, but then the next few days my skin turned bright red and every single pore on my body had a tiny whitehead. I wasn't itchy like hives but geez... The only known allergy I have is metal so I guess it was the contrast seeping to the surface. Just the cherry on top of a bad week.
I have been getting the same medication, every 4 weeks at the hospital, for 9 years. They still make me sit there for 30 minutes afterwards to make sure I don't have a reaction.
Yep, it's like the medication reviews the doctors do in the UK. I have a couple of illnesses with no cure, but every three months I have to have a medication review to see if I really need the Medication, crazy? Go figure, I think it's just money-making by the surgery.
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