Do you mean our own or injected?Is there a good test for insulin allergy?
Humulin N ( I think that means human or synthetic?). I have read that the old ones, from animals were commonly allergenic..Do you mean our own or injected?
By 'yours' I mean the insulin some of us produce ourselves. Our bodies can become allergic to our own parts and fluids etc, cant they. I may have misunderstood you completely, sorry. Are you a type 2 who has to inject insulin?Humulin N ( I think that means human or synthetic?). I have read that the old ones, from animals were commonly allergenic..
Which one is "yours"?
Humulin N ( I think that means human or synthetic?). I have read that the old ones, from animals were commonly allergenic..
Which one is "yours"?
Why are you asking?Is there a good test for insulin allergy?
Why are you asking?
If you think you are experiencing insulin allergy, can you describe your symptoms?
Some people react to different injected insulins with soreness. And I think many years ago, I read about someone allergic to injected insulin but I think this is incredibly rare and diagnosed after many different insulins were tried rather than a specific test.
As far as I’m aware, there’s only one UK company? That sells animal insulin which is Hypurin, the rest is synthetic insulin/ human insulin
Reaction to insulin is possible, some insulins are more likely to induce a reaction than others. I'm sure I have either read or watch a video where Dr Bernstein outlines desensitising patients to insulin by starting with very dilute concentrations and increasing them. I suspect the standard approach is to try another insulin to see if it resolves the issue. You will need to talk to your medical support team in order to resolve the issue.
Have you tried a different insulin?Tingling, tremor, swelling of soft tissues in mouth, difficulty swallowing, itchiness, sore muscles, esp. top of legs;
but preceding to those symptoms: knee injury, crush muscle injury?, lithium discontinuation before and after tremor but less after;; innner tremor (not visible), antihypertensive/lithium interaction crisis, probably stroke leading to ER reduction of lithium in half; reinstating increased tremor; also taking glyclazide, metformin, Synthroid, and clonazepam.
I am finding it hard to understand your sentences. Can you type as if I know nothing, filling in the gaps. I cant understand how a knee injury can be an allergic reaction, or where the lithium fits in. Perhaps there is more information which is missing in your sentences? You appear to be posting as if you are note taking, but we dont know the background or things around your points.Tingling, tremor, swelling of soft tissues in mouth, difficulty swallowing, itchiness, sore muscles, esp. top of legs;
but preceding to those symptoms: knee injury, crush muscle injury?, lithium discontinuation before and after tremor but less after;; innner tremor (not visible), antihypertensive/lithium interaction crisis, probably stroke leading to ER reduction of lithium in half; reinstating increased tremor; also taking glyclazide, metformin, Synthroid, and clonazepam.
I am finding it hard to understand your sentences. Can you type as if I know nothing, filling in the gaps. I cant understand how a knee injury can be an allergic reaction, or where the lithium fits in. Perhaps there is more information which is missing in your sentences? You appear to be posting as if you are note taking, but we dont know the background or things around your points.
Thank you, I can understand better now. There are a lot of variables there. There could be several things happening at once. What has your medical team said, or your pharmacist, about adverse medical interactions?Sorry. I will try to be clearer:
In the past few years I have developed symptoms which may or may not be a sign of allergy.
As the cause of allergies is difficult to find, I can only go back to incidents, medications, or drug interaction adverse effects to maybe find a link. So, here are some possibilities:
- lithium toxicity, improved upon discontinuation
- diabetic neuropathy
- age
- adverse interaction between antihypertensives and lithium taken together
- lithium and beta blocker adverse reaction (resembling anaphylaxis or stroke, e.g.
burning feet, burning sensation travelling to heart or chest, one month is bed from fatigue,
severe headache, numbness in left hand, memory problems, trouble walking, tremor;
-improvement within 3 months with tremor remaining;
-knee fall and sore muscles slowly recovering, but the tingling/tremor in upper legs may be from an allergy
- flu vaccine in 2018, post tremor
-Too much information?
Thank you, I can understand better now. There are a lot of variables there. There could be several things happening at once. What has your medical team said, or your pharmacist, about adverse medical interactions?