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Allergies |
Leftover symptoms from Bactrim reaction11/16/2007 |
In July I took bactrim for a upper respiratory infection. Approx 5 days after starting it I developed a very high fever and body aches. After finding blood in my urine my doctor switched me to Levaquin. The next day I broke out in a rash but the fever was gone. So I was then switched to another anitbiotic. Not realizing what had caused the fever in the first place, 6 weeks ago I was prescribed Bactrim for a sinus infection. About 3-4 hours after taking the first does, I became very ill...high fever, chills, body aches, swollen fingers, weakness in my legs and so on. (I`m not sure my doctor believed it was the Bactrim but I do.) For a while afterwards, I had a burning sensation in my skin and various other places and just felt very out of sorts. The past few days I have been having a burning sensation in my sinuses and on my lips and on my face. About a week ago I started taking impramine for anxiety attacks (which had been dormant until I had the bad reaction to bactrim) and for the past several days I have been taking ibuprofen for cramps. I should also tell you that I have been diagnosed with dermographism by both a dermatologist and an allergist. Do you think there is any correlation between any of these medications and any of these reactions? Would I still be having leftover symptoms from the bactrim reaction at this point? What type of doctor/specialist would you reccomend I see if this continues?
Certainly it is possible but you would need a more thorough evaluation by an allergist/immunologist experienced in the evaluation of multiple drug allergies to sort your history out and determine what is going on. There are algorithmic approaches to the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of multiple drug reactions. Until this is further clarified, I would avoid the antibiotics you were taking when all of these reactions occurred (Bactrim, Levaquin...).
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Jonathan Bernstein, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Immunology and Allergy Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine University of Cincinnati |
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