Spouse was having the same problem also, especially his palms and the soles of his feet started to itch with no visible cause. The third time it happened, he became swollen all over the place, and got a nasty rash everywhere also. It was hilarious and disgusting: you could poke him in the puffy arm, and the DENT STAYED! He finally went to see a doctor who got really serious and scared: Spouse had a severe penicillin allergy and the fourth time would have most likely killed him. The reason why he (or I for that matter) couldn't figure it out was that he had finished the course of penicillin a week or two ago, the symptoms just came after that time.
Now he's extremely careful with any prescription medicine; even when the allergy is mentioned in his papers, he makes sure any medication he gets doesn't contain any penicillin.
And me? I get all itchy every winter when the temperatures drop and after any long contact with water (SWIMMING!). No soap for me, but shower oil, two minute showers only and a litre of moisturizer afterwards. And I still ITCH!
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Date: 2007-04-18 04:13 pm (UTC)Now he's extremely careful with any prescription medicine; even when the allergy is mentioned in his papers, he makes sure any medication he gets doesn't contain any penicillin.
And me? I get all itchy every winter when the temperatures drop and after any long contact with water (SWIMMING!). No soap for me, but shower oil, two minute showers only and a litre of moisturizer afterwards. And I still ITCH!