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Hello respected doctors. My wife is suffering from drug hypersensitivity from intravenous injection or drip. As soon as injected, the following symptoms appear in seconds. Trouble breathing dizziness or lightheadedness weak pulse drop in blood pressure loss of consciousness clammy palms of hands the symptoms relieve after giving dexa injection problem since 4 years. No specific treatment yet. Only avoiding iv injection. Any specific test to diagnose it or any treatment. From where to start.
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Dear user, those do seem like the symptoms and signs of going into a shock. Please specify what drug was given via the iv route when this initially happened. Is she terrified of needles or any injections? Any other relevant details that you think we might know please do mention. You can consult me for more doubts regarding this online by clicking on my photo and booking an appointment however, if you found my answer helpful, please leave a positive feedback as it helps me with my practice. Thank you.
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