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MouthBQ98
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Got stung twice on the leg and once on a finger while getting a ladder out of the garage. Some sort of paper wasps. Hurt like hell.

Then 15 mins later, I started getting flush, turning red, and my lips started swelling, my extremities began to IRCG badly, and I felt really weird. Systemic severe allergic reaction. I took 3 Benadryl and the wife ran me to the ER. By thevtimee Ed I got there my breathing was a bit labored and my eyesight was slightly blurred. And I itches incredibly badly all over.

Ended up not quite going into anaphylactic distress, but they did IV me some different antihistamine and steroid. I had to lay there with my vitals being monitored for about 3 hours. I have slowly improved.


Back home now but so tired from Benadryl. On top of that, a huge thunderstorm hit right as we left the ER. Bad wind and heavy rain with much lightning. Now the power is out at my house.
Matsui
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hope you are the mend ASAP
stamper
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This sounds very close to anaphylaxis (i think the shortness of breath may tip you into meeting the definition). Blurry vision might have been the benadryl. I would get an epipen.
MouthBQ98
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Yeah, I'm going to look into having one around now. It helps to just be aware I can react like that to paper wasps, which before now have just been painfully annoying. I ended up recovering pretty quickly. They gave me a short round of prednisone but I'm not taking it after reading the side effects and all my inflammation reaction is gone anyhow. Who really "needs" a simulated cortisol flood in the body, which is what pred does.
aggiebrad94
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I'm having a tough time deciphering what you meant by IRCG.
MouthBQ98
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Itch. I guess auto correct thought this was a thread about the Iran war?! Except, that one is IRGC.
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