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Anti-allergy Medications

Anti-allergy medications include antihistamines, decongestants, combination drugs, corticosteroids, and others. Antihistamines are used for treating allergy symptoms. They work by preventing the release of histamine in cases of immune responses produced during allergic symptoms. Decongestants are used to relieve congestion, and they are used along with antihistamines to treat allergies. Combination allergy drugs are used to treat multiple allergy symptoms. It contains both antihistamine and decongestant to treat allergies. Steroids are used to reduce inflammation associated with allergies.

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I have pain in my ribs and breathing problems. Kindly help.

Query: Hi doctor, For past four weeks, I have pain in my ribs. Also, I am experiencing breathing problems. It feels like something has stuck in the heart. For, a few days pain has been decreased. But breathing problem persists. I am also experiencing pain in my lower back. The pain is massive at night time...  Read Full »


Dr. Anshul Varshney

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Such symptoms are seen in the following conditions: 1. Heart diseases. 2. Pneumonia or Pleural Effusion. 3. Acidity or muscular pain. Now to be on the safer side, I would recommend you to get a Chest x-ray and electrocardiogram (ECG) done. Based on the reports, we would ...  Read Full »

Why do I have skin rashes with swelling of lips and eyes?

Query: Hello doctor, I am a 20-year-old man. For the past three months, I have been suffering from rashes on my skin. It is usually occurring at night. I have seen two dermatologists. Both of them have not been able to identify the cause. Now I am in big trouble that I am getting irritated. Sometimes my li...  Read Full »


Dr. Ashwini. V. Swamy

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I saw your clinical picture (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Your clinical diagnosis is urticaria. You have mentioned that you have had this issue for three months. So, to be more precise, it is chronic spontaneous urticaria. The most common causes ...  Read Full »

My one month old son is suffering from allergy on his cheeks and chin. Why?

Query: Hello doctor, My son is 1-month-old. His weight is 5.95 lbs, and he has been suffering from allergy in his face especially on his cheeks and chin since last five to six days. Now it looks like a sunburn and an allergic reaction. But I could not understand the cause. He has trouble in breathing, and ...  Read Full »


Dr. Faisal Abdul Karim Malim

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The allergy that you may be talking about is probably milk dripping from the sides of the lips onto the cheeks and chin. This milk may be causing those allergic rashes on the cheeks and chin. Please observe, and if it is so, please wipe off the milk that is dripping....  Read Full »

The doctor told me that the result of my thyroid test, which showed a normal FT3 and TSH but a very high FT4, was normal. What should I do?

Query: Hello doctor, I am 29 years old, 57.87 inches tall, and weigh 97 pounds (lb). I have had an allergy since last year. I initially visited a private physician. He prescribed Claricort, Prednisone 20, and Cefuroxime 500 mg for a total of 10 days during my initial checkup. He was also given a prescript...  Read Full »


Dr. Shaikh Sadaf

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and can understand your concern. The test results say (attachments removed to protect the patient's identity) that you have high T4 but your TSH is normal. So there could be a nodule in your thyroid gland and that needs to be assessed by doing an u...  Read Full »

I have an allergic reaction after taking allergy shots.

Query: Hi doctor, I have tried allergy shots twice over the last two years and had to quit due to adverse effects both times. The first time in six months of shots, it had no noticeable impact. The second time I quit it in eight months. The second time I reached the maintenance dose for five injections. My...  Read Full »


Dr. Amol Kumar Wasudeorao Diwan

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through your history and details of the allergy shots. From the allergen report (attachment removed to protect the patient's identity) it is very clear that you have a significant allergy to trees, grass, pollens, and dust mites. First of all, I would lik...  Read Full »

I have tightness in my throat. What should I do?

Query: Hello doctor, I have an old prescription from my doctor, which I have not renewed yet. I have 5 mg Levocetirizine (Xyzall) and Singulair (Montelukast) 5 mg. My question is whether the 5 mg is the correct dosage for an adult regarding seasonal allergies, as my pharmacist has told me that this is a ch...  Read Full »


Dr. Shyam Kalyan. N

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Seasonal hay fever allergies can cause tightness of the throat and sometimes even the chest. The correct dosage of montelukast sodium is 10 mg for an adult. The correct dosage of Levocetirizine hydrochloride is 5 mg for an adult. The dosage of plain cetirizine for an a...  Read Full »

I gave my 2-year-old son an overdose of 5 ml Ancer LM. Please help.

Query: Hello doctor, My son is two years and four months old. As he was having severe itching from mosquito bites and could not sleep, I gave him Ancer LM - 5 ml. Now I realized I gave him an overdose. Please suggest if this is fine.  Read Full »


Dr. Faisal Abdul Karim Malim

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your dose is on the higher side, but nothing adverse should happen apart from excessive sleeping for a while. Do not worry. The child may sleep for 7 to 8 hours and then wake up. If at all the child is completely drowsy for more than that time, you will need to take ...  Read Full »

I am having swelling on my eyes inspite of having anti-allergic eye drops. Why?

Query: Hello doctor,Before three days, I had a feeling in my eye that there was something in it, probably my eyelash. I tried to get it out with water, but the sensation did not go. After two days, I met a pharmacist who prescribed me an anti-allergy eye drop (containing Antazoline). I have been using it e...  Read Full »


Dr. Souhad Abdulhalim Lawand

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Antazoline is not a drug to be used every three hours, and we as ophthalmologists do not use it much. I would advise you to consult an ophthalmologist because the blurriness that you are now experiencing is more worrying than the swelling of the eyelids and redness o...  Read Full »

Can playing in the water with tampons result in TSS?

Query: Hello doctor, I am a 20 year old female, I am traveling, and a week back I went on a canyoning adventure while I was on my period. I wore a tampon for nearly eight hours while going in and out of the river water. The water was flowing so I hoped there would not be much dangerous bacteria, but I am w...  Read Full »


Dr. Balakrishnan R

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Let me get few facts straight, toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a complication of using tampons, but it is not the commonest complication. So you have to rule out other common causes. You have a risk of TSS if you do not change tampons for days, or have unhygienic methods ...  Read Full »

What causes recurrent boils in children?

Query: Hello doctor, My daughter is around 2.9 years old. She was fine until four months back. Three months back, she got a small boil near her buttocks, so we went to our pediatrician. The doctor gave some tablets, and the boil got healed well. Again last month, she got another small boil on her buttock, ...  Read Full »


Dr. Preeti Puranik

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Repeated skin infection (boil) in a span of four months is a matter of concern. The first possibility is that of an allergic rash due to an allergy to some substance or a mosquito bite getting infected due to repeated scratching. This needs to be treated by anti-allergic ...  Read Full »

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