Video: Invisible Symptoms of Anaphylaxis

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Swollen airways caused by anaphylaxis can fatally choke someone in anaphylactic shock. Though you cannot see it it is important to check for this symptom. Find out how in this free video.

Video Transcript

Now, we're going to cover some signs of anaphylaxis that might not be so visible. The most obvious is of course what we've covered here. Some other once that you might notice is the person experiencing it will be very anxious, along with that they're going to have a very high heart rate. Another big concern with anaphylaxis is that the blood pressure is going to drop, if it's severe enough, it's going to cause the blood pressure to go down, the heart rate to go up. Uh, so if you have the capability to check the blood pressure that's one other sign that you can check, again the first thing to do is to get advance medical care. Some other signs that you might notice, nausea, they might, they might have diarrhea along with it. And then as we mention the confusion earlier, there's also generalized sensation of tingling and warm through out the body that they might experience. So, again the most important signs that you want to be aware of is anything that's going to affect the patient's breathing. Such as coughing, difficulty swallowing, swelling upon the neck, of the tongue or anything in the mouth. Again, the most important thing to watch is the airway. Now, one thing to note about anaphylaxis is someone could have been exposed to the outside allergen before and not have a problem with it. For example, someone may have been stung by a bee a year ago and say the first time they stung by the bee nothing happened or may be they just got a slight rash or an itch. Now, it doesn?t an anaphylaxis rash it doesn't happen to every time to the same reaction. And in order for the anaphylaxis reaction to occur they have to be exposed to the allergen prior to the event of the anaphylaxis reaction. So, be very careful if someones been stung by a bee before and they get stung now be aware that this could be a lot worse than the reaction they had before. And always be aware of the signs we covered.

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Invisible Symptoms of Anaphylaxis

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