What to Do When Exposed to Severe Allergic Reactions

Jakarta, which arise due to an allergic reaction can beracam range from mild to severe. What to do if an allergic reaction that appears quite heavy and could endanger lives?

Life-threatening allergic reaction called anaphylaxis. This condition can lead to shock, a sudden drop in blood pressure and difficulty breathing.

In people who have allergies, anaphylaxis can occur after several minutes of exposure to specific allergy-causing substances (allergens). But it could also appear delayed reactions (delayed reaction) or without any obvious trigger.

Such common triggers of anaphylaxis are drugs (especially penicillin groups), food (peanuts, fish, shellfish and shrimp and insect stings (bees, wasps and fire ants)

Anaphylaxis is not addressed promptly can lead to death within half an hour. An antihistamine pill, such as diphenhydramine, are not enough to treat anaphylaxis. These medications can help relieve symptoms of allergies, but it works too slowly to help a severe reaction.

Here are the signs and symptoms that arise when a person experiences anaphylaxis, as quoted from MayoClinic, Thursday (04/08/2011), among others:
1. Skin reactions including itching and skin flushing or pallor
2. Swelling of the face, eyes, lips or throat
3. Narrowing of the airways, causing wheezing and difficulty breathing
4. The pulse is weak and rapid
5. Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea
6. Dizziness, fainting or unconsciousness

If you experience signs of anaphylaxis, you should not wait to see if symptoms improve. But immediately seek emergency care. There are some things to do if someone is experiencing anaphylaxis are:

1. Lay person affected by an allergic reaction anaphylaxis.
2. Loosen tight clothing and cover it with blankets.
3. Do not give anything to drink.
4. If the person is vomiting or bleeding from the mouth, then position the body so as not to choke.
5. To treat allergy attacks can be given epinephrine autoinjector, such as EpiPen and Twinject
6. The use of epinephrine autoinjector is done by pressing the autoinjector on the thigh.
7. If there are no signs of breathing, coughing or movement, then immediately do cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
8. Immediately contact your doctor or nearest hospital for emergency treatment even if symptoms begin to improve. Because there is still a possibility of symptoms recurring.
9. Usually required monitoring in the hospital for several hours.

If you already have a history of a severe type of allergic reaction in the past, ask your doctor about prescribing an epinephrine autoinjector for anaphylaxis attack suddenly.