Should i be wearing a medical bracelet saying i am allergic to penicillin? ?!


Question: Should i be wearing a medical bracelet saying i am allergic to penicillin.? .?
my manager said i should have a bracelet that states i am allergic to penicillin because if i am in like a car accident and unconscious or something and they don't know i am allergic they might give it to me and i could die or something. but i thought you grew out of penicillin allergies.?Health Question & Answer


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Yes wear it. If you are in an accident and said accident occured because you were very ill and passed out then they WOULD administer antibiotics if the illness required it. So to the other person that answered saying no you won't need it if in an accident, NOT TRUE! Things happen. You do not always grow out of allergies. In fact I grew up in New England eating shellfish my entire life only to have a near fatal reaction to it last year. My throat closed up. So at the age of 44 I developed an allergy. Be careful and go get a bracelet. Your life could depend on it.

Beetroot...you are so very, very wrong. Get your facts before you give medical advice.Health Question & Answer

Yes. You should have one, because even if you may have grown out of the allergy, it will help anyone that gives you medical treatment.
If you have to have medical treatment,this will help doctors go back in your records and know if you still have the allergy and what medications to give you in an emergency.
I am diabetic and have a necklace for this very reason. God bless and I hope that you will get one of these bracelets and that it will save your life.Health Question & Answer

yes its always good to wear one because u never knows what may happen.
as for growing out of it, if a person really needs PCN (penicillin), doctors can try to desensitize a patient to it but it is done under supervision in case a patient develops a reaction to it.Health Question & Answer

im deathly alergic to it and i was never told to wear one at all not even my doctor they found out i was when i was just a baby and i never heard you growing out of being allergic to it i tried medicine i was allerdic to a long time after i found out i was and it was worseeee but it depends on the work you do i guess ive been in and out of doctor hospitals and never got it or anything else i was alergic to Health Question & Answer

yes you should. if you ever go uncounscious and they give you penicilin, they'll kill you and your parents will not be able to get legal retribution because it's your responsability to get a bracelet. get one now for goodness' sakes.Health Question & Answer

i do not know if you grow out, but i would not want to take the chance. You should get either a bracelet or a necklace. Quick information is vital in an emergency.Health Question & Answer

YES get the bracelet it is very important id get yourself checked with your doctor to make sure you really are allergic but definitely get the bracelet if you areHealth Question & Answer

YES!!! I agree with your manager. My son had a reaction to penicillin and I refuse to risk him having another reaction to it. Wear the braceletHealth Question & Answer

Always wear it otherwise, how will people know in an emergency situation not to give it to you, ie: Hospital etcHealth Question & Answer

No, you don't grow out of penicillin allergies. YES you should be wearing an alert bracelet or necklace. Health Question & Answer

uh yea u need one havent u ever seen that episode of are you afraid of the dark "tale of the night nurse".? watch it on you tube nowwwwwww!!Health Question & Answer

NO wear itHealth Question & Answer

nahHealth Question & Answer



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