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Jody
Stubborn git
I'm going to book in with the GP next week if poss and see what they say. I have to see them about something else anyway.
Reaction to ibuprofen
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I'm going to book in with the GP next week if poss and see what they say. I have to see them about something else anyway.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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Get some photos and note how it changes before you see them. Allergic reactions occur inside the body as well as the skin.
classic33
Leg End Member
This the first time for both, brand and reaction?
If Yes, I'd err on the cautious side and take no more.
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Jody
Stubborn git
Good point. I have some images that my partner took but other than the itching I'm feeling ok.
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Jody
Stubborn git
Yes and yes.
oldwheels
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Digital cameras or a phone are a godsend in some cases. I had terrible inflammation and itching but only in bed at night and it disappeared during the daytime. Photos on my camera gave the doctor some idea of the cause and a cream of some kind fixed the problem but without the camera I would have been stuck.
Drago
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I don't do well with anti inflammatory meds. Itchy hands, minor (but not alarming) shortness of breath, and they hit me like a hammer with their effects- ibuprofen leaves me stoned. This leaves me with paracetamol or aspirin for minor pain relief, and I get amitriptyline from th doc if anything stronger is required. One of my neighbours is a paramedic and she reckons reactions to ibuprofen aren't uncommon, but are rarely troublesome,
classic33
Leg End Member
Make a note of how many you've taken, on the box, and take the box with you to the doctors.
ColinJ
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Allergic reactions, maybe, but an awful lot of people have problems with gastrointestinal bleeding if they take too much ibuprofen. A friend of mine almost died after he developed a stomach ulcer which perforated just after he had flown back from a holiday.
classic33
Leg End Member
Given two to take, at the doctors, got to spend the afternoon in A&E afterwards.
Drago
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Indeed, but most medicines are nasty to a greater or lesser degree if taken in excess for for longer than recommended.
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Jody
Stubborn git
Will do. I only took two and haven't ever had a reaction like this.
classic33
Leg End Member
They all differ slightly, so taking the box with you is the safest way.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Here's the NHS advice...
He took it for 2 weeks after breaking a finger!NHS website said:
presta
Guru
On the subject of allergic reactions, is anyone using the new 'Sport' version of Wash & Go shampoo? I didn't realise I'd picked up anything different to usual until I noticed that my scalp and face felt freezing cold when I washed my hair. At first I thought it was a draught coming from a disused vent in the bathroom ceiling, but then I felt the vapour from it catching in my windpipe as I breathed. So I made a mental note not to buy ay more of the stuff when the bottle ran out, and forgot about it.
Then when I was about halfway down the bottle I developed a bleeding sore in my right ear, followed a couple of days later by a matching one in the left ear. When I looked at the ingredients I found that it's got menthol in it, and a quick Google found that "there are a few reports of people being very sensitive to menthol and having severe skin reactions to even small amounts". So the rest of the bottle went down the drain, and within a few days the sores had gone.
Then when I was about halfway down the bottle I developed a bleeding sore in my right ear, followed a couple of days later by a matching one in the left ear. When I looked at the ingredients I found that it's got menthol in it, and a quick Google found that "there are a few reports of people being very sensitive to menthol and having severe skin reactions to even small amounts". So the rest of the bottle went down the drain, and within a few days the sores had gone.
