Re: rxn at subq site - ???

March 12, 2007

Hey ,

My 2 year old son recently started SQIG after 1 year of IVIG every 2-

3 weeks. He was having bad reactions to the IVIG and was

hospitalized many times afterwards. Now he does SQIG every week. I

noticed that it made a difference on the numbing cream he used. He

can use emla not Elamax. The site got bright red and raise

everywhere the elamax was. Also, he is allergic to the tegaderm. We

always pre~medicate with atarax and tylenol. He weighs around 29

pounds and gets 16mls or 8ml in 2 different sites. The first SQIG he

got they gave him 15ml in one site. He had a huge potatoe size red

lump. It looked horrible. His doctor sent a picture of it to the

vivagloblin reps and they said that happens and maybe divide the

dose up. A hot bath and warm pack brought the swelling down. By the

next morning it was gone. So maybe switch numbing cream, premed with

either benedryl or atarax, and try a hot pack during and after the

infusion.

Mom to 2 year old with a PID

hypogamma with spec antib defic.

newly suggested CVID and many other problems

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> My daughter had her SCIG today...she has welts like hives that

itch all around her injection sites...she uses EMLA and vivaglobin,

and an icepack while infusing. Has anyone had similar experience?

She has been using SCIG since Sept with no problems until now.

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> Thanks for any input!

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> (mom to , 16, CVID, jspa, fibro, migraines)

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