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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just got the flu shot on 10/14/10. I've been getting it yearly for as long as I can remember and never had a problem. However, I'm one of those people that are very sensitive to medications and when the warnings say "only 1% of the population may experience a rare side effect...", I'm always part of that 1%! Anyway, I got the shot on Thursday afternoon and had the typical tenderness near the injection. By Friday night, my left arm (where the injection was) was very itchy and I started to notice tiny bumps. The bumps and itching got worse over the weekend. I went to my allergist Monday afternoon and he said "hmm, I've never seen anything like that before" (which was very reassuring...). He said he doubted it was from the flu shot because he'd never seen a reaction like this from it before. He prescribed a steroid cream and scheduled a 2 week follow up. By Monday night, my dozens of bumps on my left arm turned to hundreds of bumps. It had spread to my right arm, and was also showing up in a small patch under my eye. Tuesday I went to my PCP. He and 2 other doctors all said the same thing, that they had never seen anything like it before. The bumps are not hives, they said it was dermatitis. I told them about what I had read on this website and they agreed I was having a rare adverse reaction from the flu shot. They gave me vistaril for the itching but it only helped a little bit and it continued to spread. I called the dr again on Wednesday and said I needed something else. They hesitated to give me steroids because they said it would kill the vaccine and defeat the purpose of getting the shot to begin with. At that point I didn't care about risking getting the flu so I begged for the steroids. I took them yesterday and when I woke up today, the bumps on my face and right arm are nearly gone. There are still about a hundred on my left arm but they aren't as red. I'm hoping the continue to go away!! This has been the worse experience ever!![/quote]

The rash got worse again during the day today and started to appear on my face again. I finally let my bf drag me to the ER only to hear the same thing I've heard from the other doctors "I've never seen anything like that before". They gave me no answers, no suggestions, no medications, Nothing. Only a recommendation to see my dermatologist. Why, to pay another copay to hear a dr tell me they don't know what's wrong with me??.  [/quote]

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