[33-weeker]

Originally Posted by TazziRN

I have never seen an allergic reaction to a med affect only one part of the body. In other words, if your eye swelled because you had a reaction, both of them would have swollen up, not just one. For one eye to swell indicated a local reaction to soemthing.

Sorry - gotta disagree here. I had hives as a result of food allergies as a kid. It was NOT bilateral.

[33-weeker]

PS. Let me clarify. I would get them on soles of feet & or palms. Both extremities would have hives, but not in exactly the same spots.

However, when an eyelid or lip was involved, it was just one eyelid or one half of one lip - not bilateral.

[Sweetooth EMT-P, RN]

I am gonna say no. As a caregiver working in an E.D. I would NOT give a patient a drug that they could possibly be allergic to, it is not worth the risk because even wtih treatment people stil die from anaphylaxis!

Swtooth