This isn't really CH related, but that never stopped me before.

A friend of mine had a CAT-scan with contrast a week ago. They also gave him Cepro for an infection. That night he took one of the Cepro and another the next morning.

The problem, the next morning he turned a bright red (like he had a BAD sunburn - a really bad one) and his face and arms swelled up with it. We talked to the doctor and she said cut out the Cepro and give him Benadryl which we did.

The "sunburn" did NOT go away (it stayed a "bright" red) for four days and is still a dull red and he's peeling now and itching. (Like a sunburn)

Question: Has anyone heard of a CAT-scan doing this to a person? It's been a week now and he's still having problems. He's going back to the doctor today (OK, he's a man and stubborn about going back --"It's going to get better!") He's never been alergic to iodine and eats seafood, so it's a mystery to me. I just don't think an alergic reaction to Cepro would last this long.

Anyone????

Hugs BD

Here are the skin related side effects from rxlist.com:


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SKIN/HYPERSENSITIVITY: allergic reaction, pruritus, urticaria, photosensitivity/ phototoxicity reaction, flushing, fever, chills, angioedema, edema of the face, neck, lips, conjunctivae or hands, cutaneous candidiasis, hyperpigmentation, erythema nodosum, sweating

A dermatologist once perscribed a "simple" antibiotic for one of my daughters to treat acne.  In the list of side effects was "can turn the nose blue".  We all laughed.

24 hours after her 1st dose, sure enough, her nose turned blue.  We took her off the med right away but her nose stayed that way for almost a month.

-Dennis-

If you got enough X radiation to burn your skin, the tech would have had to been totally inept.  Either the contrast medium or the antibiotic caused the skin to be extra light sensitive and caused the sunburn.  I would bet my last dollar on it.

Ray

He went back down there yesterday and they were really conerned about his eyes. Seemed it burned them also. They say it was a combination of the dye and the cepro. Gave him benadryl and zantac (thought that stuff was for the stomach, but doc said it was for alergies also ????). He was doing better. but doesn't want another CAT-scan any time soon... :)

Hugs BD

BarbaraD wrote on Feb 6^th, 2009 at 5:58am:

He went back down there yesterday and they were really conerned about his eyes. Seemed it burned them also. They say it was a combination of the dye and the cepro. Gave him benadryl and zantac (thought that stuff was for the stomach, but doc said it was for alergies also ????). He was doing better. but doesn't want another CAT-scan any time soon... :) Hugs BD

Some of the drugs in that class do double duty. Pepcid is another example. It hits H2 Receptors, I believe. It's one of the things I have to take.

Phenegran, Vistaril/Atarax, Doxepin and several others have the same benefits.

If he's not getting a lot of relief from those two, he might want to try Zyrtec. Benadryl is the first drug they use, generally. (I'm allergic to benadryl. So I had to learn the alternatives to it...)

i've had reaction to a dye for a cat scan before. A rash right down the middle of my back. The red skin and peeling is a skin reaction to the drug. It takes a while to recover. Bnedryl was a good call.

DC