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What Causes Facial And Hand Numbness After Taking Penicillin?

my sister has been taking penicillin vk 500mg, vicodin 500 mg, and motrin 800 mg for her recently pulled wisdom teeth. She started to drive today, and she described feeling her face tingle and get tight like she couldnt control her face, as well as hand numbness. She had a reaction to penicillin when she was a baby, and she is 27 now. Do you think what she felt was due to penicillin?
                                                                 
                                                                 
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Yes, it is penicillin sensitity. You should inform regarding the penicillin sensitivity to your doctor first. Though it is a mild form called serum seakness. But it is. Stop immediately ang swith over to other antibiotic.
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What Causes Facial And Hand Numbness After Taking Penicillin?

Yes, it is penicillin sensitity. You should inform regarding the penicillin sensitivity to your doctor first. Though it is a mild form called serum seakness. But it is. Stop immediately ang swith over to other antibiotic.