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CT SCAN


by: ANGIE on Mon, Apr 21 2008

MY MOTHER JUST HAD A CT SCAN AND THEY HAD TO SHOOT DYE IN HER. SHE HAD ALREADY ONCE HAD DYE IN HER FROM A PREVIOUS TEST AND HAD NO COMPLICATIONS WITH THAT. SHE HAD THE CT SCAN DONE AND DURING THE PROCEDURE SHE SAID HER FACE GOT REALLY HOT AND HER FACE WAS ITCHING HER TO DEATH.

THE TEST WAS OVER AND WHEN THEY PULLED HER OUT THE NURSES SAID OH MY GOD YOU FACE IS SWOLLEN AND YOU GOT HIVES ALL OVER YOU AND LUMPS ON YOUR FACE. THE NURSES RAN AND GOT THE DOCTOR QUICKLY AND BY THAT TIME MY MOTHER WAS GOING IN AND OUT OF IT. SHE SAID I LOOKED UP AND THERE WAS THE DOCTOR. SHE SAID THE DOCTOR SAID THIS IS VERY SERIOUS WE NEED TO GET YOU TO THE ER RIGHT NOW.

MY MOTHER STARTED TO NOT BREATHE GOOD AND HER THROAT STARTED TO SWELL FAST. THEY GAVE HER A SHOT OF BENEDRYL AND SOME OXYGEN AND SHE GOT OK AFTER A FEW HOURS. SHE STILL IS HAVE PROBLEMS WITH FACE SWELLING AND THROAT SWELLING SHE MIGHT BE GOING TO THE ER THIS WEEKEND SHE IS VERY SCARE.

I JUST WONDER COULD THIS BE NORMAL FOR A FEW DAYS OR COULD THIS DYE STILL KILL HER. MY MOM IS 55 YEARS OLD AND NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS BEFORE. AND I WONDER HOW COMMON THIS IS?

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April 2008

  • CT SCAN - by ANGIE - (Mon, Apr 21 2008)
    MY MOTHER JUST HAD A CT SCAN AND THEY HAD TO SHOOT DYE IN HER. SHE HAD ALREADY ONCE HAD DYE IN HER FROM A PREVIOUS TEST AND HAD NO COMPLICATIONS WITH THAT. [more..]
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