Tetanus skin test allergy symptoms

When conducting a tetanus skin test, allergic symptoms may occur, such as anaphylactic shock. At this time, the patient will become particularly irritable, causing his face to turn red or pale, prone to asthma, nausea and vomiting, etc. In addition, it may cause some skin manifestations, such as urticaria, swollen lymph nodes, etc. Allergies must be treated in time and the cause of the allergy must be understood.

Tetanus skin test allergy symptoms

1. Anaphylactic shock: It may occur suddenly during or within a few minutes to tens of minutes after injection. The patient suddenly becomes depressed or irritable, pale or flushed, chest tightness or shortness of breath, cold sweat, nausea or abdominal pain, weak and rapid pulse, and decreased blood pressure. In severe cases, the patient may become unconscious and collapse. If not rescued in time, the patient may die quickly. Mild cases can be relieved after injection of epinephrine; severe cases require infusion of oxygen, use of pressor drugs to maintain blood pressure, and use of antiallergic drugs and adrenocortical hormones for rescue. 2. Serum sickness: The main symptoms are urticaria, fever, swollen lymph nodes, local edema, occasional proteinuria, vomiting, joint pain, erythema, itching and edema at the injection site. Generally, the disease occurs 7 to 14 days after injection, which is called delayed type. It may also occur 2 to 4 days after injection, which is called accelerated type. Serum sickness should be treated symptomatically, and calcium or antihistamine drugs can be used. It usually takes a few days to ten days to recover.

What to do if you are allergic to a tetanus skin test? 1. The allergic cause does not mean that all skin wounds will cause tetanus, because the invasion of tetani bacteria alone is not enough to cause tetanus. Other bacteria must appear at the same time, or there must be foreign matter in the wound to cause tetanus. Wounds that can cause tetanus are generally deep and pointed wounds. 2. Desensitization injection: If you are allergic to the tetanus skin test, it does not mean that you cannot get the injection. There are other injection methods, and the most common one is the desensitization injection. Tetanus desensitization injection refers to the injection of tetanus antibacterial toxin into the patient's body multiple times to achieve the purpose of desensitization injection.