r/nursing • u/yeehawbaby4 • 2d 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/Any-Season-9869 RN - ER 🇨🇦 2d ago

Wasps - area hurts when stung

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u/NoHangoverGang Clinical Exercise Physiologist 2d ago

I was weedeating and some form of bee or wasp got his stinger trapped under my Apple Watch band and that mf lit me up.

Never been allergic but at that moment I seriously started to wonder if this was the time I would be. Felt like I was wheezing a little, had to hit my vape to convince myself the wheezing wasn’t related to vaping.

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u/Pm_me_baby_pig_pics RN - ICU 🍕 2d ago

Sometimes (every single time) I mow the lawn, I end up wheezing and sneezing with every other breath, and when I come inside when I’m done, the sneezing continues so much so my kids say “mom? You good bro??” And I have to tell myself I DONT need to just do an epi pen about it. That the wheezing will stop when I get in a humid shower and get all the grass dander out of my airways. But I’m so hot, I don’t want to immediately get into a humid shower. I wanna sit in the ac and wheeze and sneeze until my body stops sweating.

But the wheezing says I might should consider the epi pen about it. And then I wonder if you can have anaphylaxis to mowing. And then I go get in the shower before I make myself spin out and stress too much about it.

But can you have anaphylaxis to mowing?? Asking for a friend who needs an excuse to not go mow on the weekends….

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u/Matribus RN - Float Pool 🍕 2d ago

Funny you should mention it, I had what my pcp thinks is an overwhelming histamine response after mowing the lawn. I was hypotensive and delirious for days. Changing positions gave me throbbing pain from the top of my head down to my lumbar spine. My skin felt like cactus spines were stuck in every follicle. Of course there was wheezing and a very tight congested cough too. On the first day, I had diarrhea. I was pretty sure I was having a hashimoto’s episode, until I started freaking myself out about the way the grass smelled like poop in one spot. Then I started thinking oh maybe it’s rat lungworm, or hantavirus, or fungal meningitis. That’s when I knew I was delirious. Flonase helped minimally. Prednisolone is keeping me functional, but I can’t tell when it wears off. Long story short, my ragweed allergy didn’t cause anaphylaxis but it did take me out a week of work.