Anesthesia alergy(allergy)

[Lovely223]

Dear all,

I have had a very bad experience with local anesthetic twice now and my doctor is sending me to alergy (allergy) testing. I would like to find out, is there any other method other then body provocation? I would not like to go through that experience again - it was very bad (tachycardia, feeling sick and almost loosing consciousness)... I will be happy to share experiences and info. Best regards!

[star queen]

There are several "local" anesthetics on the market that will "deaden" the skin for surgical proceedures or shots including a couple that will temp. freeze the skin nerves for a couple of minutes.  Make sure to remember the name of the drug you had problems with and have the doctor note a "sensitivity" or "allergy" on the front of your chart so that it isn't used in the future.  Allergy testing is usually done with needle punctures, but there is a blood test that can be done as well.  Check around to see what doctors in your area does that test.  Generally you can call a blood lab in the area and ask if they do the allergy testing on blood and if they do, ask what doctors order it.  HOpe this helps

[Lovely223]

Thank you, I will ask around, apparently my doctor does not know about this option... Best regards.