Sunday, February 12, 2012

Managing Latex and Adhesive Allergies Before Surgery

This month, I'm going in for an arthroscopic knee procedure. I've had a few day surgeries and outpatient procedures and I always bring up allergies and asthma early on. As in, "I have asthma, keep an eye on my breathing during the procedure please" and, "I have food allergies, so here's the list, jus...
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KAJordan
9/19/08 11:22am

I have a severe Shellfish allergy and its important to let ALL medical professionals know that, because many times the dyes they use for MRI's and other procedures contain a Shellfish derivitive.

10/ 2/08 9:55am

very true!

thank you for your comment!

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