Guest guest Posted August 10, 2000 Report Share Posted August 10, 2000 Blair!!! You're back!!! DETAILS, DETAILS!!! How'd it go? How are you doing??! Did you turn out to have an actual latex allergy? How was your surgery and hospital stay? Hugs, BJenk23768@... wrote: > > In a message dated 8/9/00 12:01:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com writes: > > << How do you know if you have a latex allergy. Is there a test for > this? > >> > > Hi: > > I didn't know that I had an actual allergy before I began looking into > this > surgery. And I had to be turned away from surgery before I actually > found > out what the problem was! > > I had used a latex cosmetic sponge on my face, a year or so ago, and > developed an itching, burning rash from it. I just put it down to > sensitivity. > > There are two ways to get an official diagnosis: one is a serum test, > the > less reliable of the two. The second is a skin test, where they prick > your > arm with several > different liquids, including latex, and watch the areas for about 15 > minutes. > A positive reading means that the latex areas become hard and raised. > > It's worth getting it checked out if you've ever experienced any > sensitivity > to latex household gloves, med/surg gloves, latex balloons, etc. > > Blair > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at > Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: > MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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