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What Causes Allergies To Several Antibiotics?

THIS IS ABOUT MY 5YEAR DAUGHTER,SHE IS ALLERGIC TO PENCILLINE ALONG WITH THIS SHE ALSO CATCH HIGHER FEVER WITH MANY ANTIBIOTICS FEVER WONT COME DONE UNTILL I STOP THE ANTIBIOTIC. ONLY THE CEFIXIME IS THE ONE WHICH HELP HER OUT EVERY TIME NOW I M AFRAID THAT SHE IS BECOMING RESISTANT TO CEFIXIME TO CAN U PLEASE TELL ME WHAT KIND OF PROBLEM IS THIS HER DOCTORS CANT EXPLAIN IT TO ME
Wed, 6 Aug 2014
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Hello.

Thank you for asking at HCM.

I went through your daughter's history and would like to make suggestions for her as follows:

1. I would like to know how her allergy to various medicines was diagnosed. Did she have rash, itching, abdominal complaints? or only fever as you have mentioned?

2. Most of the fevers/infections in childhood are viral, they do not respond to antibiotics. They take they own time to improve (usually 3-7 days) and go by themselves irrespective of treatment.

So if she has only fever as manifestation of allergy (no rash/itching), personally I would think they might be viral infections which did not respond to antibiotics. As usual course of antibiotics also lasts 5-7 days, it is very much possible that fever gone with stopping antibiotics.

For concluding a definite allergy to antibiotics, a detailed description to all the symptoms and episodes is essential. Testing for allergy to drugs is usually not reliable except in case of penicillin allergy.

Hope above answer will be helpful to you.

Should you have any further query, please feel free to ask at HCM.

Wish your daughter the best of the health.

Thank you & Regards.

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What Causes Allergies To Several Antibiotics?

Hello. Thank you for asking at HCM. I went through your daughter s history and would like to make suggestions for her as follows: 1. I would like to know how her allergy to various medicines was diagnosed. Did she have rash, itching, abdominal complaints? or only fever as you have mentioned? 2. Most of the fevers/infections in childhood are viral, they do not respond to antibiotics. They take they own time to improve (usually 3-7 days) and go by themselves irrespective of treatment. So if she has only fever as manifestation of allergy (no rash/itching), personally I would think they might be viral infections which did not respond to antibiotics. As usual course of antibiotics also lasts 5-7 days, it is very much possible that fever gone with stopping antibiotics. For concluding a definite allergy to antibiotics, a detailed description to all the symptoms and episodes is essential. Testing for allergy to drugs is usually not reliable except in case of penicillin allergy. Hope above answer will be helpful to you. Should you have any further query, please feel free to ask at HCM. Wish your daughter the best of the health. Thank you & Regards.