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Question: 3 weeks after using Efudex cream on my nose, I started getting hives, no where in particular on the bottom side of my forearms, on the top of my feet to the extent that I wanted to scratch my skin off, lumps & bumps would appear. The area would welt up and inflame in no particular place. If I stood all day my quads would inflame welts or lumps would appear, my knees would ache so bad I couldn't stand. If I rested my arms on chair rests for any extended period of time the pressure points would welt up. The same would happen to my feet if I rested them on chair runners. If I bump myself or even get a sore throat it hurts way more (heaps) more then it did before. Pressure points are the worst. Seems I cant lean on anything for to long and it starts to ache. One particular time I swelled ached and itched that bad a doctor injected pethidine in my leg. The injection hurt so much and around the needle hole swelled up about 10- 12cm and raised up 3mm and was hot. Today 6 years later I still get mild reactions, aches, no welts but little red spots about 4mm in diameter might appear for no particular reason, say if some sparks from a grinder hit my under arm it will get itchy and hive up a little. My legs get restless at night from standing a lot. Even typing this my fore arm muscles are aching. I'm not saying it is efudex but I had lots of test and its like they gave up and put it down to efudex. I don't wish to put up with this, so any advise would be great. Thanking you heaps Mark
Brief Answer:
Allergy likely.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
Using Efudex cream topically is not likely to suppress your immunity so much as to cause such frequent reaction for so long. This is likely to be due to frequent allergic reactions.
Taking Benadryl and pain killer like Tylenol will surely comfort you temporarily. The mainstay treatment is in avoiding the allergens.
I would ask you to visit a Allergy specialist who can perform tests like skin test or blood test to detect IgE (allergy antibody) and confirm the fact.
As I said avoiding the allergen is the best treatment but a difficult one.
Also newer treatment techniques are in play like Immuno therapy .Here desensitization or hyposensitization is a treatment in which the person is gradually vaccinated with progressively larger doses of the allergen in question. This can either reduce the severity or eliminate hypersensitivity altogether. It works by blocking excessive IgE production seen in atopys. In a sense, the person builds up immunity to increasing amounts of the allergen in question.
Such immunothreapies are practised by allergy specialist only. Hence,I do recommend a visit to him.
I hope this answers your query.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Praveen Tayal.
For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal
Allergy likely.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
Using Efudex cream topically is not likely to suppress your immunity so much as to cause such frequent reaction for so long. This is likely to be due to frequent allergic reactions.
Taking Benadryl and pain killer like Tylenol will surely comfort you temporarily. The mainstay treatment is in avoiding the allergens.
I would ask you to visit a Allergy specialist who can perform tests like skin test or blood test to detect IgE (allergy antibody) and confirm the fact.
As I said avoiding the allergen is the best treatment but a difficult one.
Also newer treatment techniques are in play like Immuno therapy .Here desensitization or hyposensitization is a treatment in which the person is gradually vaccinated with progressively larger doses of the allergen in question. This can either reduce the severity or eliminate hypersensitivity altogether. It works by blocking excessive IgE production seen in atopys. In a sense, the person builds up immunity to increasing amounts of the allergen in question.
Such immunothreapies are practised by allergy specialist only. Hence,I do recommend a visit to him.
I hope this answers your query.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Praveen Tayal.
For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal
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