Allergy to Penicillin... Face swelling...?!


Question: Allergy to Penicillin!.!.!. Face swelling!.!.!.!?
Yo basically i was on antibiotics that contained penicillin!. I woke up on thursday and my face was all swollen so we went to the doctor and he reckoned penicillin allergic reaction!. He gave me new antibiotics and some antihistamine tablets for the swelling but it hasn't gone down at all!. on friday it was really bad around my cheeks and chin, saturday around my eyes and upper cheeks and today it feels and looks like the eyelids are swollen!. I'm thinking penicillin shouldn't take this long to leave the system!.!.!. what else could it be!.
I can't remember what the old antibiotics were but the new ones are Erthromycin and the antihistamines are Cetirizine tablets!. I've been taking the new antibiotics four times a day since thursday and the antihistamines once a day since thursday!. I'm going back to the doctor on Monday morning but i thought i could get some information here first!. Thanks!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
I wish I could help, I too am allergic to all the top antibiotics, so my guess is that the Erthromycin is also reacting in much the same way, I personally would go to the ER and get checked, either that or Urgent CareWww@Answer-Health@Com

Ask your doctor to take a swab of your pus!.(if you still have a discharge from the piercing site)
You might have MRSA(just a slight chance)
I have read all your other questions and see that this has been going on a long time!.3 weeks at least!.
Erythromycin should clear up the infection if it is a straight forward staph one!.
Benadryl might be better than Cetirizine(but makes you sleepy)
You might benefit from an injection of steroid or some steroid tablets
Suggest it to your doctor if he is approachable!
Are you taking the erythromycin according to the directions!?!?!?
You know that you should not have opened the Amoxyl(or Penicillin) capsules and mixed them with water !?!?!.
They didn't work for you that way!
Drink lots of water to flush out your system
Good luck--I saw by your questions how excited you were at getting your earring--Things go" belly up "sometimes!Www@Answer-Health@Com





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