A Deeper Insight on Drug Allergy!

By | June 8, 2014

drug allergiesIrritation, rashes, dullness and such kind of feeling we all have faced many a time in our day to day life. Yes, you are thinking correct these are the symptoms of allergies. Allergies are of different types such as skin allergies, drug allergies, food allergies etc

A brief overview of Drug Allergies.

Drug allergies are related to drugs and mostly caused by meditation such aspenicillin, sulfa drugs and anti-seizure medications. We have to diagnose the symptoms of drug allergies as they are deadly and dangerous. In rare cases, a person can even lose their lives.

Drug always don’t have allergies in their reaction. Only 10%   of drug reactions are allergic. Due to drugs, more than 2 million people are affected every year. The reaction of drugs is quite serious and is increasing day by day.

Drug Allergic reactions

Drug allergic reactions are very similar to food reactions and even some of the reactions are also similar such as headache or rashes. But some symptoms are different like facial swelling,shortness of breath, muscle and joint aches, inflammation of the kidney and fever and many more.

If ever you feel these kinds of symptoms, you should immediately consult a doctor or an allergy medical aid. There may be instances when it becomes really hard for you to identify the drug allergies even for a doctor. In that case, one must undergo all the required tests and confirm the reason for any of the symptoms mentioned above.

According to a latest research, these drug allergies can also make our immune system quite weak and our body is then prone to various diseases. The bacteria can harm the immune system very badly.

There are also many prevention and safety measure for the allergy and one must take care of them while taking any of the drugs.We wish that the environment should be free from allergies and people should stay healthy and happy. Generally, there is no prevention of drug allergies but we should always take medicines prescribed by the doctor and check the expiry date of the medicines before taking them.

Feel better and live a better life.