Re: IgE

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First, are they sure that your reaction was caused by the steroids and

not something else like an antibiotic or other med? They give you so

much in the hospital that it can be hard to identify. It is not

unheard of, but it would be very unusual for it to be the steroids.

Although, on high dosages I get an acne like rash and other " allergy "

type symptoms I don't have an allergy. Quite the opposite. My body

really likes them. LOL. As far as having a reaction after using

something before, that is quite common. When you are allergic to

something your body builds antibiodies to fight it. Each time you are

exposed the antibiodies will increase until you have a reaction. Same

thing happened to me as a child with sulfa. I had taken sulfa based

antibiotics several times until I was 11 and had a very serious

reaction to Bactrum (sulfa based - 's syndrome - nearly

killed me). Until that point we didn't know that I was allergic to

it. Had never even had a rash or hives or anything before that. Same

thing happens with food allergies sometimes too.

Madeline

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> hi Barb! my dr requested for IgE b/c my asthma is not yet controlled.

> he even requested for ANA. i believe that is to check if i have an

> auto immune disorder, thank God the result was negative. the bad news

> is that my IgE level is 416. i was diagnosed with asthma for more than

> 20 years now. before i can take the usual steroids together with my

> symbicort and my ventolin. however, two weeks ago when i was confined

> in the hospital, they gave me steroids and unfortunately i had the

> worse allergy. i felt like someone was choking me. my eyelids was so

> puffy. i was also wondering, how come i used to take steroids before,

> then all of a sudden i am allergic to it.

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