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well....you know what the doc says when you say "it hurts when I do this"?, "don't do that!" stay out of the sun for a few more days

I'm so glad you're starting to feel better, I bet the rash start looking better by tomorrow.

I'll keep you in my prayers.

TAM,

how ya doing tonight?

The Annoyed Man wrote: When I was thinking about it this morning, I suddenly remembered that my dad had been allergic to sulfa drugs too. He said that he had quite a blooming rash when he was recovering from his wounds on Guam, post-Iwo Jima. The corpsman who treated him in the field had poured sulfa powder into both the entrance and exit wounds (chest, GSW), and then he had more administered in the hospital on Guam. I had forgotten all about it until this morning.

Given that my dad had this allergy, and apparently I do too, I called my son to let him know that if asked by medical personnel, he should let them know that both his father and grandfather were sulfa allergic.....just in case there is a possible inherited connection. He's already had a kidney stone once.

TAM you're right some of these allergies are hereditary or genetic or whatever??? I didn't even know that until our daughter's reaction. Then I was telling my sister about it she said she is allergic and so is one of her daughters and they won't let the other one have it, then I found out both of my husband's parents are allergic, my poor daughter was doomed ....so now I won't let my son have pen...he had it a fair bit when he was a little one, but I'd rather save it for when he needs it or just avoid it altogether if possible.

rotor wrote:Topical drugs are a waste of time. Bactrim is not just sulfa, also has trimethoprim so you don't know for sure which drug you are allergic to but probably the sulfa drug. These reactions can be VERY serious, even life threatening. You need to let your doctor know, a steroid dose pack (prednisone- or similar) would have been very helpful ($4 at WM). You are not going to flush your system out with fluids. It is also rare for a male to have frequent urinary infections unless they have a prostate problem. You should be under the care of a urologist.

my suggestion for the topical for for the temporary relief....

TAM really just has to get through a few days of this, the topical along with the internal will help

you'll be fine by the 14th since you're not putting more med in your body the reaction should be ending really soon. try using topical Benadryl too. be sure you call your pharm and your doc and have them update your files so you don't get anything Rx'd anything related. I'll be praying for your comfort.


I remember when we discovered our daughter is allergic to penicillin....she had strep throat and had be Rx'd whatever is normal for it, something with penicillin, she'd been on it for 24 hours I guess, had taken 3 doses probably? she was in high school so was pretty much responsible for her own meds....it was time for her evening dose and had come upstairs to ask me about something, "as it happened" I was on the phone with one of my best friends who is also a pharmacist. The daughter was wearing a loose tank and had a rash on her arms and what area of her chest I could see....I mentioned it to my friend and she started yelling "NO MORE PEN" suddenly all heck broke loose the daughter was asking what was wrong with her, my friend's husband was asking what was wrong, my husband was asking what to do....it was a mess....we stopped the med, gave her benadryl, but the next morning she actually had around in her mouth, we went straight to the doc, after I threatened them that I was taking her to the ER They did give her steroids to stop the reaction. (I constantly thank G-d she hadn't taken that evening dose)