Anesthesia alergy

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Dear all,

I have had a very bad experience with local anesthetic twice now and my doctor is sending me to alergy 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!

lovely223
8/12/2006
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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

star queen
8/12/2006
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Thank you, I will ask around, apparently my doctor does not know about this option... Best regards.

lovely223
8/14/2006
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