Funny Allergy Quotes, Jokes, Stories and a List of Crazy Reactions.

If you're looking for funny allergy quotes, jokes and stories you've come to the right place.  I asked my readers from facebook to provide me with their experiences they've had regarding crazy allergy reactions and they did not let me down.  They relayed dozens of incidents they've experienced through the years.  Over the years I've discovered several  funny allergies myself, including allergies to prednisone, diet products and the color red.  Some patients have dozens of allergies.   My experience is that most of these allergies are not allergies in the physiological sense.   The terms "drug allergy", "drug hypersensitivity" and "drug reaction" are often used interchangeably but they are not the same.  The science behind them is quite different.   This resource from the American Family Physician provides a nice detailed summary of adverse drug reactions. A detailed allergy history is part of the admitting H&P process.  For many hospitals, the nurse or pharmacist obtains the  list of allergies from the patient and stores that information in the hospital's patient data base for future reference.  Once you're labeled with an "allergy", you will never get that medication or any drug from that class of medication again.  In fact, even other classes of drugs must be used with caution with certain listed allergies.  For some patients with multiple allergies, this process of detailing an allergy list can...
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