Redness / heat on neck and chest: allergy or emotions? Posted: 03-08-07 22:04pm
At night after I get off work my neck and
chest turn beet red, could this be from
the meds? I check my blood pressure when
this happens and its fine.
My daughter (a new RN fresh out of
college) says its my emotions.
But people notice it and I can feel it
like heat.
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Menopause Answer A2467 Posted: 03-21-07 04:17am
Redness on the skin of the neck and chest
skin could be due to an allergic reaction.
Medicines are one of common reason for
such an allergic reaction. The medicines
you are taking include a non-opiate
painkiller (Naprelan), an opiate
painkiller (Lortab), an antidepressant
(Wellbutrin) and an anti-allergy drug
(Zyrtec). Ironically, any medicine can
cause an allergy.... even an anti-allergy
drug! In addition to medicines, many other
factors can cause allergy like: local
contact with an allergen, sunlight
exposure, low or high temperature, stress
etc. You can consult a dermatologist to
confirm or exclude allergy. If an allergy
is confirmed, several laboratory test can
be performed to identify the allergen.
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