But he has had two incidents in the past 6 months that raises a cause for concern. Both incidents occurred at school, and in both incidents, we cannot identify the cause. The first incident, a rash and swelling occurred at school where we were called to pick him up. Luckily with some monitoring and staying at home, the rash went away. The second incident happened recently while he was away at daycamp. He came home with rash and hives on his arms and face. I gave him a bath right away to wash off any possible topical contact. The next morning, he woke up with even more rash and some swelling on the face. Below.
So we went to the doctor, and she gave him Claritin. I knew Claritin wouldn't do much for swelling, but maybe help with the hives. Maybe I should have asked more for the swelling since that was the main concern... and indeed, the next day when he woke up... Liam's face puffed up like a giant puffer fish... so much that he had trouble opening his eyes. Yup.. definitely a cause for concern now. Off to visit the ER, hospital again. I was hoping we would skip our happenstance yearly visits this year, but nope.
Obviously it's an allergic reaction. Luckily Liam's reactions are all external. Angioedema is the swelling of the face. Luckily it is not the swelling of the throat, which is Anaphylaxis. Either way, his symptoms are progressively getting worse with each exposure. We don't know what caused the reaction. Possibly cross-contamination at school. Maybe there is something else he is allergic to that we don't know. It means back to root causing this before it happens again. Below is Liam's face with swelling going down, several hours after receiving benadryll and steroid medication. I'm against taking steroids, but several sources agreed that it was necessary.
It's time to see the allergist again...
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