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What Causes Swollen And Red Face With Vision Loss After Pepper Spray Exposure?

My husband had an over exposure to OC Pepper Spray Fogger while working as Sergeant a prison. He can now descirbe his symptoms in more detail than when this happened. He had a brian injury with many lasting problems, neg mri/ct but lots of health issues. Loss of vision & hearing, right side weakness, etc... He now can say that when he was in this struggle with the inmate (in a Pepper Spray filled small wet shower 3handhelds 2 foggers) where sprayed, he stood up and felt like he was going to pass out, his sides felt like cement he said, like they wouldn t expand. He said his chest was tight, he pushed himself to finish with the inmate, he felt like he was going to throw up, and started spinning again, he was getting confused. To make a long story short, we are struggling to find a doctor who can undertand the toxic/anoxic effects of this stuff, he has over the 9 yr carreer been exposed countless times. This time he nearly died, he became unconcious shortly after. Could he have suffered anaphylactic shock??? His face and lips were red and swollen, bottom lip drooped.
Wed, 10 Aug 2016
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Yaa..definitely its due to severe allergy to pepper spray.........if he is an asthmatic/allergic person, pepprr spray/any irritant causes sudden lung blood supply constriction resulting in craving for oxygen..........AVOIDANCE IS THE BEST TREATMENT FOR ANY ALLERGIC CONDITION............if not subsiding please do use steroid sprays like fluticasone, beclomethasone dipropionate types response will be good with them.............needed to clean your entire house daily......an allergic person may sufer from reactions due to house hold dust
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What Causes Swollen And Red Face With Vision Loss After Pepper Spray Exposure?

Yaa..definitely its due to severe allergy to pepper spray.........if he is an asthmatic/allergic person, pepprr spray/any irritant causes sudden lung blood supply constriction resulting in craving for oxygen..........AVOIDANCE IS THE BEST TREATMENT FOR ANY ALLERGIC CONDITION............if not subsiding please do use steroid sprays like fluticasone, beclomethasone dipropionate types response will be good with them.............needed to clean your entire house daily......an allergic person may sufer from reactions due to house hold dust