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

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

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


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...)