Yesterday i had my 3rd anaphylaxic reaction. I got a tattoo earlier in the day ( I have many tattoos), I do have sensative skina nd get hives easily...this time, a few hours after the tattoo I applied bacitracin and was feeling a bit dizzy, I started to see the hives spread and got very flush and felt mylips tingling and palms getting itchy. I took a Banadryl (I also took Zyrtec earlier but that didnt help). I went to the hospital and they put me on Prednisone after monitering me.
the last time I got a tattoo I had a reaction, but it was 7 hours later and the Allergist did not think it was from the tattoo ink (that time I passed out and my throat started to close). I had one other episode where I ate Japanese food (I had eaten the same thing many times), went home and started to get reaction and had to go to ER.
All the allergy tests came back negative, but they urged me to carry Epi-Pen.
I am freaking out that this happend again. I don't know what I am allergic too... The tattoo is not bubbling or anything. I am just nervouse that when the Prednisone is over that the tattoo Dye is in my skin and I will keep getting a reaction.
My other thought is that it is due to any sort of trauma or stressto my body or just idiopathic.
It's terrible to not know.
Today I feel terrible, so dizzy still, I guess from all the antihistamine and the prednisone.....
THank you all for your input!