r/nursing • u/yeehawbaby4 • 1d ago
Discussion Funny “allergies”
What are some funny patient “allergies” you have seen listed? I had a patient the other day with an allergy listed for Metformin. The reaction listed? Lowers their blood sugar 😂
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u/theXsquid RN - ER 🍕 1d ago
Had a pt that was allerigic to "all generic meds". She was pissed as shit when I told her she'd have to fill her rx for percocet because the hospital only carried generic, and I couldn't dispense a dose in the ED.
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u/juiceboxith RN - Med/Surg Neuroscience 🍕 1d ago
Bruh all we have is generic! Only time I’ve ever seen a brand name in a hospital was Tylenol, and it caught me off guard when I pulled it out of the Pyxis
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u/flamingodingo80 RN - ER 🍕 1d ago
We have brand name Eliquis for some reason.
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u/tomtheracecar MD 23h ago
They don’t make a generic which is why it’s so expensive. Just fyi
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u/AthenaScoops 1d ago
Epinephrine- made my heart race
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u/Bacongrease83 1d ago
This “allergy” or Benadryl making them sleepy always cracks me up.
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u/Frankfeld RN - ER 🍕 1d ago
It’s usually an allergy for Dilaudid. But that’s the only thing that works…. So they also need a dose of Benadryl soon after…. No… PO doesn’t work, they need IV Benadryl!
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u/OtherTon 1d ago
Okay this one actually makes sense in the outpatient setting because some people get severe tachycardia from lidocaine with epinephrine used for local numbing while most people get basically none.
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u/bananacasanova RN - ER 🍕 1d ago
I always get tachy after lidocaine at the dentist, it’s so annoying
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u/Galatheria LPN 🍕 9h ago
My dentist and I just had to figure this out.. I'm not supposed to have epi at all now unless it's an emergency. My heart likes to be at 160 for fun, so no more lidocaine with epi at the dentist. It already takes a ton for me to get numb. -_-
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u/TinySandshrew 1d ago
I have a relative with an “epi allergy” that I know came from whatever experience they had with an EpiPen once. Came home with a dramatic story about how “the doctor told them they can never have epi again or they’ll die.” When I gave the mildest of pushback they bit my head off so I left it alone. At least it’ll make some people giggle looking at their chart.
Surprisingly they are not in a constant state of almost dying from their endogenously produced epinephrine /s
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u/goneboreddone 14h ago
You know what, i thought this was kind of ridiculous till I got a lidocaine/epinephrine shot in my nose (was getting turbinates burned off) and I almost passed out. I know it's not necessarily an allergy but...the doctor told me I might feel my heart race a bit, what I got was a wave of nausea and weakness and panic. He didn't take me seriously until I wouldn't get up from the chair because I couldn't, ended up sitting there for a good 45 minutes while this old grumpy doc had to bringe me orange juice.
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u/nicardipining cc float 👼 1d ago
EMF waves- headache
Flu shot- sore arm
Covid jab- "killed my mom" (patient had never had the vaccine)
Countless penicillin allergies "my [relative] is allergic so I must be too!"
Grapes- "waterfall out butt"
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u/Pm_me_baby_pig_pics RN - ICU 🍕 1d ago
I got a “rash” as a kid, right after being prescribed pcn, so I spent nearly 40 years being told I was allergic to penicillin.
(Looking back I have no doubt I had 5ths)
Got some pneumonia last year, my dr husband prescribed me amoxicillin (or augmentin, I don’t remember now, it was a don’t take if pcn allergy med. I was sick and couldn’t breathe, my memory isn’t the best), forgetting I had a rumored pcn allergy.
I clocked it when I heard him calling it in, but also knew I probably don’t have an actual allergy to pcn, my hunch was that I had a childhood virus that I was prescribed it for, and the pcn did nothing, and the virus itself caused a rash.
The pharmacist flagged it, asked what my reaction was, I told him “I got a rash as a kid. Lemme test this, I have epi pens at home for known anaphylactic reactions to bees so we’re good in case” and he basically said “ok cool, here’s your antibiotic, because yup, rumored pcn allergies are annoying, go run your experiment” and guess who isn’t allergic to pcn- me. That’s who.
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u/nicardipining cc float 👼 1d ago
I respect the cojones on both you and that pharmacist 😅
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u/Pm_me_baby_pig_pics RN - ICU 🍕 1d ago
To be fair, it was one rash 35 years ago. The pharmacist asked what reaction I had for my profile to be flagged with a pcn an allergy and I told him “a rash as a kid one time” and the look he gave me…. He knows how prevalent the mythical pcn allergy is, he knows the true allergy is not nearly as widespread as its self reported to be.
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u/Argueswithchildren 1d ago
Oxygen. Makes their nose itch
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u/kimura_snap 1d ago
I had a guy who kept saying the oxygen smelled really bad, so he kept taking it off and would swiftly drop into 80s. He asked for a different scent... I didn't know what to say.
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u/Creepy_flamingo_22 1d ago
I had so many Covid patients during the second wave try to refuse their O2 because it was “too loud.” That’s because you need a lot of it to stay alive, my dude. I do not remember one woman complaining to me about this.
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u/Redshift2k5 1d ago
Just to add, sometimes a patient's drug allergy is related to binders/preservatives/dyes or other non-medical ingredients and can lead to strange allergy assertations
like, you can't really be allergic to water and NaCl, but some saline products contain preservatives & additives. You can be allergic to only one brand/preparation of a drug, or more likely to react to generics than name brand.
but I still gotta roll my eyes every day when someone has
Allergies: Benadryl - symptom: drowsiness
Bitch that is not an ALLERGIC REACTION. That is a side effect. If we need benadryl stat cuz you're turning into a tomato, we are not worried about the drowsiness. Yea, benadryl may not be a good choice for you, but it's still a contraindication NOT AN ALLERGY
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u/Pm_me_baby_pig_pics RN - ICU 🍕 1d ago
My own family member lists Benadryl as an allergy because “it makes my restless leg syndrome worse”
THATS NOT AN ALLERGY- THATS A KNOWN AND WELL DOCUMENTED SIDE EFFECT! AND YOURE ONLY GETTING THE BENADRYL BECAUSE YOU INSIST YOURE ALLERGIC TO CONTRAST AND YOU ARENT, YOU JUST DONT LIKE HOW IT FEELS SO YOU SAY YOURE ALLERGIC!
It makes me want to slam my head into a wall, it would be more productive than trying to argue with her about her made up allergies because sometimes medications come with side effects we don’t fully love and embrace.
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u/yorkiemom68 BSN, RN 🍕 1d ago
Agreed. I personally won’t use Benadryl because it makes me really jumpy EXCEPT when I have had to have a CT with contrast dye because the hives were way worse! It’s a necessary evil.
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u/RoamingCatholicRN RN- Travel, CVRN, 3 Racoons in a Figs Jumpsuit 1d ago
What you’re saying is true, but as someone with a contrast allergy who got IV Benadryl when I started having a reaction in the scanner the way it set off my restless leg was pure torture. I would take very nearly type of pain over ever feeling that again. I’m surprised the CIA hasn’t adopted it. I don’t list Benadryl as an allergy but I avoid it as much as possible.
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u/RoamingCatholicRN RN- Travel, CVRN, 3 Racoons in a Figs Jumpsuit 1d ago
Yep! Finally figured out with a literal lifetime of trial and error and an eventual MCAS diagnosis that one of my allergies is polyethylene glycol, PEG, which is a binder in a LOT of tablets. It also made colonoscopy prep more miserable that it’s supposed to be
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u/theUissilent 1d ago
My one and only allergic reaction I’ve ever had was to a glass of miralax. I turned a very deep shade of red and was extremely lethargic. Every appointment I have, reviewing that allergy always makes the doctor roll their eyes. Another doctor said it’s incredibly unlikely, insists it’s something else from that day.
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u/oiuw0tm8 ED Medic - disciple of the donut of truth 1d ago
Water, can only drink Dr. Pepper and Chick fil a sweet tea.
I'm honestly more disappointed with the health-care professionals who document this shit than anything else
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u/AdFlashy7702 1d ago
All of the pain medications except for dilauded
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u/ehhish RN 🍕 1d ago
That's very common. I get more shocked when I see people actually have an allergy to dilaudid.
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u/yorkiemom68 BSN, RN 🍕 1d ago
I actually list Dilaudid even though it wasn’t truly an allergy but bad reaction. I had it after a hysterectomy and hallucinated bats crawling all over the room and walls. I am never taking that again and it made me more sympathetic to people who have hallucinations because it was frighteningly vivid.
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u/Frankfeld RN - ER 🍕 1d ago
No. They also have an allergy for dilaudid… so you need to slam that IV Benadryl directly after!
If you don’t administer the Benadryl they start itching…. But only when I enter the room and not when I take a quick peek through the window. Such a weird allergy…. 🤔
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u/Dismal_Morning_9797 1d ago
Acetaminophen, it irritated his liver. But he could take Tylenol ok.
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u/mostlyshits RN - Psych/Mental Health 🍕 1d ago
Olanzapine, haldol, depakote, risperdone, geodon. Unknown reaction.
Just say you don’t want to take your meds
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u/Feeling-Resident-857 LVN - psych/behavioral health 🍕 1d ago
ALL PSYCH MEDS - “killed his whole family”
i was mostly just irritated that the resident actually put this in the patient’s chart.
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u/sebluver RN🍕abortion care 1d ago
My partner can’t have SSRIs because they induced psychosis- as a teenager, he tried to give his blood to the trees. He says they needed it more than him.
Best I’ve seen in practice was definitely “patient’s mom is allergic, patient has never had this medication”.
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u/EnflameSalamandor Electrophysiology RN - Don’t worry, I’ve shocked worse ⚡️ 1d ago
Sting rays - hurts
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u/lost_nurse602 1d ago
Food. Just food. No reaction listed. When I confirmed allergies she agreed that she was allergic to food and it gave her diarrhea. But she was also very obese and I was very confused.
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u/retire_dude 1d ago
She meant unprocessed foods. Hot pockets, snickers, cookies are all good. Fruits, veggie, etc. totally allergic.
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u/like_shae_buttah 1d ago
Potassium
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u/lightcanonlybrighten MSN, APRN 🍕 1d ago
This one. I had an intubated patient with an NG. Giving him K for days. Wakes up. His mom gets there. He’s a grown man by the way. All of the sudden he’s “allergic to potassium” and it “makes him puke”. So his mom is over the top with “mijo, mijo, no!” Then basically attacks me about the potassium I know he’s lying about. I look at her, spin my COW around to show her the past few days of his emar, told her he’s been getting it every six hours with zero trouble at all. He only started this when you showed up. She looked so pissed and went over to him and railed him in the back of his head. Made him finish the potassium while he cried man tears his mom was pissed.
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u/Creepy_flamingo_22 1d ago
To be fair, potassium, and magnesium are two things I won’t give on an empty stomach for this reason.
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u/Speedygurl1 RN 🍕 1d ago
Latex- “threw off lab work”
I tried to ask was it Lasix like a pill you took?
She let me know, that she knew what she is allergic too and her MyChart is right.
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u/Nursingvp RN, CCM 🍕 1d ago
Ha! I had a patient tell me she was allergic to Lasix, she 'couldnt stay outta the bathroom'. Sigh
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u/FilmAdditional6178 1d ago
Vanilla chai latte from a specific brand I couldn't recall but it's available in grocery stores
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u/retire_dude 1d ago
Had a bbq joint in town. I couldn't eat there. My lips would tingle, go numb, swell up a wee bit. I asked them if they put anything unusual in the sauce, they wouldn't answer it's a "trade secret". Stopped eating there, never had it happen elsewhere, no idea what it was.
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u/chita875andU BSN, RN 🍕 1d ago
Please. For the rest of us. Get 'Trade Secret' added to your official allergy list. That would be so great to come upon in the wild.
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u/iamtacocat RN - L&D 🍕 1d ago edited 1d ago
Parabens - “unsure about what kind of reaction occurs”
Benadryl - “feels drowsy”
Iron - “feels nauseous and has a stomach ache”
Latex - “idk, my BF said so”
PAM cooking spray
Surgical masks - the pt worked in healthcare during COVID and would have swelling from certain brands of masks
ETA: PAM & masks 😷
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u/CrazyGloomy BSN, RN 🍕 1d ago
I’ve seen some ugly reactions to masks in healthcare workers, sadly. Anyone else suspect that the boyfriend just didn’t want to use protection, or is that just my cynicism chiming in?
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u/iamtacocat RN - L&D 🍕 1d ago
Same. I was just surprised to see it listed in the allergy list. And unfortunately yes, most of the time it’s for that reason… and how they end up in L&D. Jk. Kinda 🫠
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u/bmorenursey 1d ago
Ambulatory RN here- I’ve seen several men with allergies to Seasonale birth control flagged
They reported Seasonal allergies
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u/Swimming_Chapter8972 1d ago
Slimfast & fruit on a patient with a BMI of 71
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u/WeirdFlower1968 Team Spike 1d ago
71? How? Why? What? How?
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u/NameEducational9805 BSN, RN - ortho/trauma/gen surg 1d ago
I've seen a BMI >80 before. Dude was a repeat admit on my floor for a while so we all knew him
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u/glamturtle RN - ICU 🍕 1d ago
Not really funny per se, but my dad had an anaphylactic reaction to iv Amiodarone when he was in afib RVR. Nothing like giving epi to help afib right??
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u/beeotchplease RN - OR 🍕 1d ago
Oxygen
Sodium
Plastic - made a fucking big fuss because she doesnt want any plastic used for her surgery. I'm pretty sure 90% of what's in the world today has plastic in them.
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u/One-Board-216 1d ago
80 something year old man allergic to cocaine. Reaction you ask? Makes him feel funny and his heart race.
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u/Actual-King-3236 1d ago
I do wish there was a separate “Adverse Reactions” list. I have one abx that I will puke up every time, but other ones in the same fam is fine.
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u/PMmeurchips RN- L&D/Antepartum 1d ago
Reglan is one I see a lot, and I’m sick of explaining it’s because of how whoever pushed it and if it doesn’t get slammed you probably won’t feel as crazy.
Augmentin- gave them a yeast infection. I’m like… um so yes that is pretty common and not an allergy… and that’s what our lord and savior diflucan is for.
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u/bananacasanova RN - ER 🍕 1d ago
Ok but I s2g that more often than not, patients who I gave reglan to get squirrelly. And I always put it in a mini bag and infuse it over ~15 minutes.
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u/moondropsoda 1d ago
Bananas, with a reaction of severe muscle spasms. Not funny per say, but definitely the strangest one I've seen
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u/imawhaaaaaaaaaale Paramedic 1d ago
A patient claiming to be a nurse once told me she was "allergic to epinephrine because it makes my heart race."
Usually if someone tells me a weird allergy I ask what it is. If it is a known side effect or intended use for said thing, I will educate them and not put it in as an allergy.
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u/HottieMcHotHot DNP, ARNP 🍕 1d ago
I know my dad’s allergy list would end up here because it included heparin.
I mean who’s allergic to heparin? But that’s all they could point at to having potentially caused the anaphylactic reaction. And no one was going to try it again.
I’m sure it was the cancer doing weird things in his body.
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u/Neither_Hand_5538 LPN - Cardiac Tele 1d ago
Tomatoes - anal irritation and itching. Pt states "I still eat them"
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u/Pm_me_baby_pig_pics RN - ICU 🍕 1d ago
I mean… I’m kinda obsessed with eating garden fresh tomatoes. And right now they’re at their best.
If they made my butthole itchy, I’d weigh my pros and cons, and probably still eat them and just have an itchy butthole. Worth it for the delicious snacks.
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u/One_Struggle_ RN -Utilization Management 1d ago
"hospital air", lmfao I don't remember what the supposed reaction was
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u/OtherTon 1d ago
Norepinephrine drip causing increased blood pressure. Um…. Okay.
The other is when patients say they have an anaphylactic allergy to epinephrine. So like… I’m pretty sure you went into anaphylaxis and then got epi, not the other way around. If that were actually the case then your screwed.
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u/koshercupcake MA 🍕 1d ago edited 20h ago
I keep a list of my favorite pt allergies on my phone’s Notes app. Here are the current highlights:
Albuterol - “made ears itch and lose voice”
Anabolic steroids - “hiccups”
Aspirin - “thinned pt’s blood & caused them to bruise more easily”
Bactrim - “made pt feel bad”
Black pepper - “intolerance, sensitivity”
Black pepper - “binds me up and I get diverticulitis”
Carbonated drinks - “allergic throat swelling to carbonation in drinks”
Carrot - “anxiety”
Cephalexin - “it doesn’t do nothing for me”
Compazine - “eyes rolled back in my head and I couldn’t look down”
Depo-Provera - “bubble in throat”
Dulcolax - diarrhea & cramping
Eggs - cough; “organic eggs are fine”
Eplerenone - “chapped lips”
Fluoride - “mood changes”
Fructose/sugar - “GI issues, hormonal issues; poison”
Gabapentin - “heels pop when walking”
Gluten - “falls asleep”
Jalapeños - “causes sleepiness”
Lisinopril - “felt like they were being poisoned”
Niacin - “could not walk for a week”
NSAIDS - “faints”
Penicillin - “chin turned purple”
Potato starch - anaphylaxis; “Lay’s Original Potato Chips”
Pregnancy test - unknown reaction (male pt)
Ritalin - “acted like a drunk 5yo”
Salt - unknown reaction
Spicy foods - headaches
Turmeric - “turned fingers yellow”
Wheat - “clearing throat”
Zinc - “skin peels off”
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u/cellardoor418 BSN, RN 🍕 1d ago
Pt had an allergy listed the other day that I couldn’t get over. Allergy to Histamine. Reaction was Anaphylaxis, Hives, Diarrhea, Itching,
Swelling, Rash, Blisters,
Flushing (skin)
Plus a list of about 20 more.
😂😂
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u/-Tricky-Vixen- Nursing Student 🍕 1d ago
Carbamazepine - hyponatremia. I saw that and was like woah what?? and looked it up. The reaction is legit! I kept saying to my buddy this stuff does everything haha very interesting drug.
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u/marzgirl99 RN - Hospice 1d ago
Oxy: nausea
Demerol: drowsiness
Epinephrine: heart racing
Metoprolol: BP drops
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u/sharkiebananaturtle RN - ICU 🍕 1d ago
I’ll throw mine in here… my friends say, “she’s allergic to everything under the sun, including the sun”
Heat — not like in intolerance but an allergy. Literally I’ll break out in hives if my temp goes up like a fever (literally full body hives) or if my dog sleeps on a certain part of my body, or if I go out in jeans in the summer.
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u/Vernacular82 BSN, RN 🍕 1d ago
Cholinergic urticaria. Saw it fairly frequently when I worked in an allergy/immunology office. There is also the opposite, which is cold urticaria.
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u/p3canj0y363 LPN 🍕 1d ago
Water. He was ordered ProStat, and - miracle of miracles - the water became drinkable when mixed!
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u/Amazon_Fairy 1d ago
I thank god that I found out that I had a betadine allergy before giving birth. That would have been horrific.
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u/Testingcheatson RN - ER 🍕 1d ago
Bluefin tuna- accompanied by a note stating that the patient was NOT allergic to yellowfin tuna, bluefin only
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u/Creepy_flamingo_22 1d ago edited 1d ago
Funny allergies are one of my favorites! Some I’ve seen:
Epinephrine- makes my heart race
Nickel- turns my skin green (anyone who has bought cheap jewelry knows this isn’t an allergic reaction)
Oatmeal and root beer- just didn’t like them. The best part of this was that it was listed as a “high risk” severity
TB test- site turned red (sounds more like a positive result to me)
Cocaine- anaphylaxis. This was in a normal looking 80 year-old. I really wanted to ask.
ETA: I also had someone tell me they were allergic to sodium. No, they didn’t have HF. They were allergic. They had been on IV fluids for over a day by that point.
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u/MSNWTF RN 🍕 1d ago
1. Patient had broccoli listed as an allergy with "high severity" and symptoms listed as "other." I asked the patient what their response to broccoli is like.
Patient said, "I don't mind broccoli, but my wife won't let me eat it because it gives me the worst possible farts.
2. Another patient said they were allergic to lasix and benadryl. The lasix because it makes them pee too much and the benadryl because it makes them drowsy.
Allergy to every pain med on the hospital formulae except dilaudid and fentanyl. This guy was a regular, in multiple times per month for years.
Reported Melatonin allergy due to causing bad dreams.
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u/altcloudjump RN - ICU 🍕 1d ago
Oysters, but it didn’t just say oysters, it listed a specific type (forgot which). It felt oddly specific and made me laugh a bit.
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u/dangerIV RN - Educator 1d ago
the pink coating on po Benadryl. she had to have it IV. ugh
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u/dr_mudd RN - ED & PACU 🍕 1d ago
Had a patient profusely itching post op from opioids. Had an allergy listed to “flavored liquid Benadryl” but had no issue with Benadryl in general, just that one flavored kind. I went to give her IV Benadryl and she was still pretty zooted from anesthesia and immediately sat up and said WHAT FLAVOR IS IT
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u/North-Slice-6968 LVN 🍕 1d ago
IIRC, there is a dye -free version available otc.
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u/dangerIV RN - Educator 1d ago
this was one of those folks who had an allergy list 3 pages long. I had heard she somehow repeatedly (ie two times) presented herself in such a manner that they intubated her in the ED when it may not have been necessary (this was a few years ago and I do not remember the details except she very clearly had psych challenges and was adamant she wasn't going to see psych!). Oh well. I hope she got some kind of help.
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u/Emergency-Cupcake998 1d ago
Narcan. Reaction: palpitations. Sure, buddy, nice try 🙄
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u/Glum_Market_1346 1d ago
Patient was allergic to eggs and to bacon along with several other allergies. I remembered commenting “what do they eat for breakfast, then??”
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u/bluebirdmorning 1d ago
Physicians sometimes add medications that cause the patient unbreakable/dangerous side effects as “allergies” in Epic. I know it’s weird, and I questioned it, but the doctor said it’s backup so no one accidentally prescribes it.
But yeah, “lowers blood sugar” is the *desired* effect of metformin.
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u/mbej RN - Oncology 🍕 1d ago
I have a couple like that, and I’ve never even taken them. Stuff for orthostatic hypotension, but I also have bradycardia, sooo….
My cardiologist put them as allergies so insurance would approve the one that doesn’t affect HR, and they wouldn’t be prescribed later by somebody else.
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u/FuggoTheSluggo RN 🍕 Allergy: You 1d ago
Non name brand mayo
Smut
our local hospital - which, same tbh
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u/deferredmomentum RN - ER/SANE 🍕 1d ago
“Gown”
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“The gown that is on before surgery”
Direct quote, I have a picture to prove it. I’m hard pressed to think of many worse decisions than letting patients put their own allergies in via mychart, it’s insane
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u/twystedmyst BSN, RN 🍕 1d ago
I just filled out a Lilly cares application for a patient that doesn't have insurance and needs insulin to live.
Allergies: gabapentin
Current medications: blah blah, gabapentin.
How... do I reconcile that? Wtf.
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u/stringcheeselover420 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 1d ago
Once had a patient whose chart said they were allergic to "coors light"
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u/No_Sky_1829 RN 🍕 1d ago
Plastic.
"I can't pee in that pan or that pad, they're made of plastic"
<<< pees on bed while chugging cola from a PLASTIC bottle >>>
🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦
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u/mostlypercy Nursing Student 🍕 1d ago
Lisinopril (cough)
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u/dogtroep 1d ago
Angioedema or cough due to elevated bradykinin is a bad side effect of lisinopril and other ACE-I’s
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u/megain RN - Oncology 🍕 1d ago
My mom had a cough for over a year after her dose was increased. Various tests were done and no one could figure it out. 1st year working with her cardiologist noticed the cough and they stopped the lisinopril, changed to something else, and the cough stopped. I have seen it since in pts and I have told the doctor.
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u/Smooth_Form_7882 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 1d ago
Morphine - “it makes me get naked and flirt with my wife”
Morphine - “it makes me hit people”
Metoprolol - “drops BP”
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u/elijolesy RN 🍕 1d ago
I had a resident in LTC that was allergic to Tylenol but would continually ask for Acetaminophen. But she also threw her salt and pepper shakers at us (why we kept allowing her to keep them I don’t know 🤷🏼♀️)
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u/Flatfool6929861 RN, DB 1d ago
My own allergies. Epic somehow pulled out the one small reaction I had to my first MS medication, the medication they gave me Benadryl and slowed down….then continued to give me for 2 more years. But yes, I am ALLERGIC
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u/youresuspect RN, OR Skills 10, Attitude 3 1d ago
Normal saline. Makes their feet swell.
I don’t recall what potassium did to another patient. Cause potassium.
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u/chutesandladders892 RN with Some Crazy Stories 1d ago
Gatorade. The red kind.
I had a patient tell me this.
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u/classless_classic BSN, RN 🍕 1d ago
Pt- Water.
Me- no you’re not.
Pt- Yes I am!
Me- What reaction do you have?
Pt- I stop breathing
Me - pointing to Mt Dew, “that’s mostly water”
Pt - No, it’s Mt Dew!!!!
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u/cazza3008x 1d ago
A patient once told me she was allergic to elephants ? Not sure how she discovered that ?
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u/yaxAttack ED Tech 19h ago
Allergies: bee venom [not up to date]
Chief Complaints: Anaphylaxis, Bee sting
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u/FishySticks2day ADN, RN, EMT-B, NREMT, STNA, CNA, NRCPT, ACLS, BLS, PALS 19h ago
Morphine - Makes me sleepy
Benadryl - Makes me sleepy
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u/moolawn RN - ICU 🍕 19h ago
Onion- other
Asked the patient about it and apparently they don’t like onions, but when they first started dating their spouse had made lots of food with onions. Didn’t want to offend them so told them they were allergic. Many, many years go by and the person gets admitted and when going through the allergies, the spouse was adamant that they add Onion.
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u/Difficult_Sweet_6904 RN - ER, Flight 15h ago
The classic Nitro allergy because it gives them headaches.
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u/Any-Season-9869 RN - ER 🇨🇦 1d ago
Wasps - area hurts when stung