Guest guest Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I doubt there is a correlation between being allergic to antibiotics and ... my daughter, whom isn't my fever child, is anaphylactic to Penicillin. She also was able to take penicillin for years until 3 days after her 10th birthday when she got sick and needed antibiotics and suddenly her tongue began swelling, her throat, her entire body from head to toe ... it was incredibly serious and she almost passed out from lack of oxygen. And she didn't have any warnings prior to this. Like I said she doesn't fever. As a matter of fact her anaphylactic response ended up damaging her ear and now she has loss of hearing in her one ear ... My son, whom is my fever child, he also has developed allergies to certain antibiotics after using them several times. He only gets hives at this point ... but my understanding is that the more times a person is introduced to an allergen, then your body can develop this allergic response. Generally, a child isn't anaphylactic the first exposure like you would think and I know I've always had this misconception ... it takes several times of exposure. We now know not to ever expose Mason to certain antibiotics because in time he would also go anaphylactic as my daughter did. We now keep epi-pens on hand. Hope this helps. Heidi Mommy of Mason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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