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11-28-2009, 05:55 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Indiana
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Latex Allergy?
How do you know if you are allergic to the latex caths? Every time I get a cath, I have irritation and burning. Thoughts?
Skyn
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IBS diagnosed - 1987
Severe IC diagnosed - July 10, 2009 (Sister diagnosed 2004)
IC/IBS WILL NOT DEFEAT ME OR DEFINE ME
Allergic to: Penicillan, Imitrex, Levbid, Loestrin, Detrol, Cipro, Morphine, Dilaudid, Pryridium Plus, Fentyl,Toradol, Neurontin, Zoloft, Amitriptyline, , Elmiron, Atarax, Levaquin and most generics.
Tried: Dye Free Benadryl (nausea) and Prelief
Trying: Valium Suppositories, Vitamin E Suppositories, Estrace Cream, Marcaine Home Instills and Lutera.
Emergency Flare Meds: Percocet (pain management), Valium (anxiety management) and Pyridium (before installations).
What's working: Cystoprotek, Shaklee Pro/Prebiotics and DH Aloe Vera.
* Stay with me God the night is dark, the night is cold. My little spark of courage dies. The night is long. Be with me God and make me strong.
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11-28-2009, 06:09 AM
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ICN Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
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It might be a cranky urethra.I started taking Urelle 2 hours before the instill and would drink some baking soda water as soon as I got home. I had to "hold" the instill cocktail for an hour before peeing so I always went home to do it, "just in case" I had a problem .I only had a problem once and that was before I started taking Urelle first and the baking soda water afterwards.
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11-28-2009, 08:20 AM
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Support Volunteer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: California
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The urethral burn from latex caths (even pediatric ones) made me ask my doctor to try a non-latex catheter. That eliminated the problem. I'm not officially allergic to latex, but I do get an ic flare from avocado & apparently avocado, papayas & latex are all related, so I guess it makes some kind of sense.
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Current treatments:
-IC diet
-Elavil 20mg at night
-Ditropan 5mg at night
-Continuous use birth control pills (4-5 periods/year)
-Heparin/Marcaine/Sodium Bicarb home instills every night & sometimes in the morning also
-Pyridium if needed, usually once a week or so
-1 Darvocet at bedtime,
-Flexeril 10mg at bedtime
-Dye Free Benadryl for allergies occasionally
-Pelvic floor & myofascial release (external only) physical therapy for 8 weeks, then home exercise program...
-Managing stress
-Fur therapy: Hugging the cat! 
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11-29-2009, 09:12 AM
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ICN Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Indiana
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Thanks - the pharmacist is going to try to get me some in the morning. I also get these bumps going down the insides of my thighs for a couple of days after. Since I am now going to be doing weekly at home instills, I want to avoid any more problems. I have never been known to be allergic, but I guess there is a first time.........Having a bad week already, so what's one more thing on my plate? Ugh
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IBS diagnosed - 1987
Severe IC diagnosed - July 10, 2009 (Sister diagnosed 2004)
IC/IBS WILL NOT DEFEAT ME OR DEFINE ME
Allergic to: Penicillan, Imitrex, Levbid, Loestrin, Detrol, Cipro, Morphine, Dilaudid, Pryridium Plus, Fentyl,Toradol, Neurontin, Zoloft, Amitriptyline, , Elmiron, Atarax, Levaquin and most generics.
Tried: Dye Free Benadryl (nausea) and Prelief
Trying: Valium Suppositories, Vitamin E Suppositories, Estrace Cream, Marcaine Home Instills and Lutera.
Emergency Flare Meds: Percocet (pain management), Valium (anxiety management) and Pyridium (before installations).
What's working: Cystoprotek, Shaklee Pro/Prebiotics and DH Aloe Vera.
* Stay with me God the night is dark, the night is cold. My little spark of courage dies. The night is long. Be with me God and make me strong.
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