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What Causes Body Itching After Taking TB Skin Test During Pregnancy?

Last week, I had a false tb test result. This week, I went in for my second round of tb testing. I am 29 weeks pregnant and have had some allergic type of responses that had developed from my previous pregnancy. I visited an allergist, which informed me that my body was reacting to everything due to the pregnancy. I developed an allergic response (extreme itchiness throughout entire body and in some cases, breathing started to be constricted with the IV contrast). These allergic responses are to erythromyocin, amoxicillin, and IV contrast. There was also a cleaning astringent that I used all my life that I stopped using while being pregnant. After I started to re-use the product after giving birth, my entire face swelled and I had a major allergic response. The reason behind this history is because I don t know how to interpret what is going on physically right now. The second tb skin test area is not red or swollen. It does not even appear to be raised or hard to the touch. I had the test at 5pm, August 3. It is now 5:40am, August 4th and I am experiencing extreme itchiness on my head and underneath my arm pits. This feeling I am experiencing is a similar response to the other things that I am allergic to. Can anyone explain what is happening? Does this mean I have had tb in the past or could I be having an allergic response to something within the injection solution? I also started to feel some nausea and some dizziness after having the 2nd injection. Is this common?
Thu, 16 Jul 2015
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Hallow dear,

You seem to have some different notion about the Tb test that has been performed on you. There was no wheal raise, no tenderness, no itching at the Tb test injection site. This proves that you never had nor are having tuberculosis.

However, you seem to have allergy to so many things that you have mentioned, even to your cosmetics which you were using for quite a time. Try to find out to which all articles and/or medicines you are allergic and try to avoid them. It is likely that you may be having allergy to dust, pollens, etc. allergens present in the atmospheres also. You have to really work very hard and methodically to identify the allergens and take the steps to avoid them in the life.

I think, your allergy specialist only will be able to get you out of this. They can desensitize you to the allergens.
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What Causes Body Itching After Taking TB Skin Test During Pregnancy?

Hallow dear, You seem to have some different notion about the Tb test that has been performed on you. There was no wheal raise, no tenderness, no itching at the Tb test injection site. This proves that you never had nor are having tuberculosis. However, you seem to have allergy to so many things that you have mentioned, even to your cosmetics which you were using for quite a time. Try to find out to which all articles and/or medicines you are allergic and try to avoid them. It is likely that you may be having allergy to dust, pollens, etc. allergens present in the atmospheres also. You have to really work very hard and methodically to identify the allergens and take the steps to avoid them in the life. I think, your allergy specialist only will be able to get you out of this. They can desensitize you to the allergens.