Re: med side effects?

[Guest guest]

Could these be insect bites? You may have gnats, mosquitoes, or biting flies.

The voice thing I'm clueless on, except to say that a couple of friends of mine

have had laryengitis recently.

Sorry, can't be of more help. Have you put the meds you take into google and

look to see what the possible reactions are? Sometimes, they have rare but odd

side effects and the loss of voice might be one. Just a thought.

Hugs

[Guest guest]

The mark things sound like classic hives. One way or the other, I'd

definitely be showing those to my doc ASAP. Get an appt, and ask

his/her nurse on the phone (tomorrow!!) if you can take a short-term

anti-allergy med (like Benadryl or whatever they recommend) along with

all the other meds you are on. Also, if they itch really bad, you can

try some topical Caladryl (NOT plain Calamine lotion...get the stuff

with the Benadryl in it, for allergic reactions). You just paint the

bumps with it, and it decreases the itch, although I can't say it has

ever completely made the itch go away for me. [know this from

experience....I'm allergic to so many meds, especially antibiotics...and

wool, and red food dye, and bunches of other things...hives are *no fun

at all*]. Good news is, if it's hives, they generally aren't

life-threatening lol......bad news is, if you are reacting to a med you

are taking, or something that is still in your environment, they may not

go away without your doc's intervention and/or removal of the

irritant. Now if you throat starts closing up on you, and it gets hard

to breathe, go to the ER...you may be having a major allergic reaction.

No clue on the voice loss, tho...sorry.

Hugs, and call your doc!

Shanna

dreamer_plus wrote:

> well, tonite after dinner I went to chatter while doing dishes and

> found I have no voice! I do not have a sore throat or a cold or

> anything, and nothing hurts, so I was surprised to have no voice. (it

> kinda made me LOL)

>

> But I also have started to get these marks, like mosquito

> bites....they kinda hurt....2 on my forehead last nite....2 in front

> of my ear on the side of my face a couple days ago.and 3 on my back

> last week. (oh and 2 on my chest last week, too, those ones hurt

> especially) I have always had a problem with zits, and at first

> thought thats what they were.but they aer more like mosquito bites in

> size and appearance, sort of.

>

> I am taking mtx (orally) prednisone, and Humira. I have been off and

> on mtx for a couple years with no problems, prednisone began in April?

> and Humira, I took my 2nd iinjection last Wed.

>

> I guess I am sort of thinking maybe the Humira is causing the zit

> things...(infection?) but the prednisone is stopping them from coming

> to a head? Maybe? Or something like that? They kinda itch-hurt......

>

> As for my voice? I am clueless.....I never lost my voice before. It

> feels weird. (funny ha ha weird for now)

>

> _

> .

>

>

[Guest guest]

Have you had chicken pox or measles before? When I was 16, the same thing

happened to me, turned out to be chicken pox. And, you can get it again, even if

you have already had it. What you're describing sounds like it could be chicken

pox. The voice thing, no idea.

Rainy

dreamer_plus <dreamer_plus@...> wrote:

well, tonite after dinner I went to chatter while doing dishes and found I

have no voice! I do not have a sore throat or a cold or anything, and nothing

hurts, so I was surprised to have no voice. (it kinda made me LOL)

But I also have started to get these marks, like mosquito bites....they kinda

hurt....2 on my forehead last nite....2 in front of my ear on the side of my

face a couple days ago.and 3 on my back last week. (oh and 2 on my chest last

week, too, those ones hurt especially) I have always had a problem with zits,

and at first thought thats what they were.but they aer more like mosquito bites

in size and appearance, sort of.

I am taking mtx (orally) prednisone, and Humira. I have been off and on mtx for

a couple years with no problems, prednisone began in April? and Humira, I took

my 2nd iinjection last Wed.

I guess I am sort of thinking maybe the Humira is causing the zit

things...(infection?) but the prednisone is stopping them from coming to a head?

Maybe? Or something like that? They kinda itch-hurt......

As for my voice? I am clueless.....I never lost my voice before. It feels weird.

(funny ha ha weird for now)

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[Guest guest]

my first thought was chicken pox also you better get to dr.

and chicken pox is very hard on adults

Re: [ ] med side effects?

Have you had chicken pox or measles before? When I was 16, the same thing

happened to me, turned out to be chicken pox. And, you can get it again, even if

you have already had it. What you're describing sounds like it could be chicken

pox. The voice thing, no idea.

Rainy

dreamer_plus <dreamer_plus@...> wrote:

well, tonite after dinner I went to chatter while doing dishes and found I

have no voice! I do not have a sore throat or a cold or anything, and nothing

hurts, so I was surprised to have no voice. (it kinda made me LOL)

But I also have started to get these marks, like mosquito bites....they kinda

hurt....2 on my forehead last nite....2 in front of my ear on the side of my

face a couple days ago.and 3 on my back last week. (oh and 2 on my chest last

week, too, those ones hurt especially) I have always had a problem with zits,

and at first thought thats what they were.but they aer more like mosquito bites

in size and appearance, sort of.

I am taking mtx (orally) prednisone, and Humira. I have been off and on mtx

for a couple years with no problems, prednisone began in April? and Humira, I

took my 2nd iinjection last Wed.

I guess I am sort of thinking maybe the Humira is causing the zit

things...(infection?) but the prednisone is stopping them from coming to a head?

Maybe? Or something like that? They kinda itch-hurt......

As for my voice? I am clueless.....I never lost my voice before. It feels

weird. (funny ha ha weird for now)

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[Guest guest]

hmmm, no does not look quite like chicken pox, interesting thought, tho. I did

have chicken pox as a young child, never had measles, but was vaccinated twice

for them, most recently was in 2000. Does not look like shingles, quite,

either?

- In , Rainy <rainysue19@...> wrote:

>

> Have you had chicken pox or measles before? When I was 16, the same thing

happened to me, turned out to be chicken pox. And, you can get it again, even if

you have already had it. What you're describing sounds like it could be chicken

pox. The voice thing, no idea.

>

> Rainy

>

> dreamer_plus <dreamer_plus@...> wrote:

> well, tonite after dinner I went to chatter while doing dishes and found I

have no voice! I do not have a sore throat or a cold or anything, and nothing

hurts, so I was surprised to have no voice. (it kinda made me LOL)

>

> But I also have started to get these marks, like mosquito bites....they kinda

hurt....2 on my forehead last nite....2 in front of my ear on the side of my

face a couple days ago.and 3 on my back last week. (oh and 2 on my chest last

week, too, those ones hurt especially) I have always had a problem with zits,

and at first thought thats what they were.but they aer more like mosquito bites

in size and appearance, sort of.

>

> I am taking mtx (orally) prednisone, and Humira. I have been off and on mtx

for a couple years with no problems, prednisone began in April? and Humira, I

took my 2nd iinjection last Wed.

>

> I guess I am sort of thinking maybe the Humira is causing the zit

things...(infection?) but the prednisone is stopping them from coming to a head?

Maybe? Or something like that? They kinda itch-hurt......

>

> As for my voice? I am clueless.....I never lost my voice before. It feels

weird. (funny ha ha weird for now)

>

>

>

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>

>

[Guest guest]

i have the itchy places as well, and have been told it is an auto

immune reaction.

--- In , " dreamer_plus " <dreamer_plus@...>

wrote:

>

> well, tonite after dinner I went to chatter while doing dishes and

found I have no voice! I do not have a sore throat or a cold or

anything, and nothing hurts, so I was surprised to have no voice.

(it kinda made me LOL)

>

> But I also have started to get these marks, like mosquito

bites....they kinda hurt....2 on my forehead last nite....2 in front

of my ear on the side of my face a couple days ago.and 3 on my back

last week. (oh and 2 on my chest last week, too, those ones hurt

especially) I have always had a problem with zits, and at first

thought thats what they were.but they aer more like mosquito bites

in size and appearance, sort of.

>

> I am taking mtx (orally) prednisone, and Humira. I have been off

and on mtx for a couple years with no problems, prednisone began in

April? and Humira, I took my 2nd iinjection last Wed.

>

> I guess I am sort of thinking maybe the Humira is causing the zit

things...(infection?) but the prednisone is stopping them from

coming to a head? Maybe? Or something like that? They kinda itch-

hurt......

>

> As for my voice? I am clueless.....I never lost my voice before.

It feels weird. (funny ha ha weird for now)

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 6/28/06 9:21:43 PM, dreamer_plus@... writes:

> I guess I am sort of thinking maybe the Humira is causing the zit

> things...(infection?) but the prednisone is stopping them from coming to a

head? 

> Maybe?  Or something like that?  They kinda itch-hurt......

>

I have same symptoms to a less extent, taking Humira, preddy.

Pris