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Posted on 02/21/2015 4:05:29 AM PST by Patriot777
Very recently my niece bought a generic iPhone charging cord from a local Wal-Mart, and within hours of utilizing it had an anaphylactic reaction consisting of large red, itchy welts on her body. Her mother took her to a doctor, who gave her a 50 mg diphenhydramine injection, a steroid injection, and prescribed more of both in pill form to take at home. The very next day, my niece suffered yet another anaphylactic episode in which her tongue swelled up; she was again taken to the doctor, who prescribed her an EpiPen (epinephrine) and again treated her anaphylaxis. From the beginning of all of this, both her father and the doctor were investigating what could be triggering these dangerous reactions, and it was quickly pinpointed to a very fine dust that was in the generic iPhone cord's packaging, which had continued to cling to the cord's surface. As far as I know the doctor is going about analyzing the dust/packaging, and her father thoroughly wiped down the cord with both a baby wipe and an antibacterial wipe per the doctor's instructions. Again, as far as I know my niece has not had another allergic reaction. So this is a serious heads-up about buying generic iPhone cords at Wal-Mart: whatever the fine dust consists of (possibly a latex derivative?), it is potentially life-threatening. I know what the poor kid went through; I had an anaphylactic reaction in 1999, come to find out it was latex in a bathing suit. I am so very thankful she is all right, I know that that Lord was watching over her.
I don’t understand the connection between dirt and allergies. I was born in 1940 and played in the dirt my whole childhood. That would have taken care of it for me right?
I have had many allergies my entire life that I inherited from my parents. An allergy to something is an over reaction to something that doesn’t bother most people at all. Doesn’t seem like that is an under active immune system but rather an over active one.
Sorry I meant to include you in my post 60
FWIW, I love watching the show “How It’s Made”. I can watch that show for hours on end.
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I remember watching an episode of "Married with Children" where the hungry kids would fight over crumbs that had previously fallen under the stove, yuck. The father explained to others that they could survive anything because they ate crap, and had a lot of immunity.
My oldest daughter lets her kids do what they want, when it comes to playing around unsanitary places. Running around barefoot, eating things that dropped on the ground, playing with others' toys, etc. She says how else can they build their immunity. She seems to have a point, as my grandkids never get sick and have no allergies. If you overprotect kids, you may be increasing their risk by not having built up immunities to allergens and toxins.
That’s my thought exactly; a cord having electrical wires would not be molded. The wires probably wouldn’t survive the process.
Don’t mess around wit this! I had an allergic reaction to Cefzyl, an antibiotic. I got immense hives. I called my doc when they started on my cheeks. Called my doc. He told me to get to the emergency room immediately! I was in the hospital for 3 days! My reaction may have been worse than that of your niece’s, perhaps because it was in my whole bloodstream, and not just one local spot, but, DON’T MESS AROUND WITH THIS!
AND GET RID OF THAT CORD!
I don’t mess with allergic reactions, and I’ve had several—the worst one being many years ago when I had an anaphylactic reaction to the latex in the bathing suit I was wearing. It apparently set in 12 hours after I had taken the suit off, which was 9 PM that evening. On my way home from the lake the next morning, my wrist was itching and when I checked it looked like I got nibbled by a few mosquitos.
By the time I arrived home, I was really starting to itch all over and I felt like I just needed to jump in the shower again and make sure all the lake water was off of me.
So I went right inside and took a shower, and when I was through the itching had turned into burning, so I looked in the mirror to see that my whole body had broken out in these huge, red welts—especially my face and lips. By the time I made it to the kitchen to get the cordless phone, my throat was starting to swell closed. I managed to call 911 and tell them what was going on, the fire department and an ambulance got there in less than five minutes, and I spent the rest of the day in the emergency room as they went about getting me stabilized (wasn’t easy). I had an irregular heart rhythm apparently from the ongoing reaction, despite the amount of I.V. fluids, Benadryl injections, steroid injections. They eventually sent me home with more diphenhydramine and more steroids, and was ordered to stay home until I saw the allergist. When I did he gave me an EpiPen and sent me home for an additional week, with orders to get rid of everything I owned that had latex in the waistbands and stay the heck away from bananas.
Isn’t my call—it’s my niece’s (who is an adult).
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OMG. What a horrible reaction! I have had several but none that bad. The scariest one I have ever experienced was when I woke up one morning with my tongue so swollen I couldn’t close my mouth.
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