What should I do if I am allergic to chloramphenicol?

Chloramphenicol allergy body itching, patients should immediately stop taking chloramphenicol. If the itching continues to be unrelieved, the patient should go to the hospital for treatment. The common clinical treatments include anti-inflammatory and anti-allergy treatment, anti-shock treatment, etc. The patient can take Benadryl, Prednisolone and other medications as prescribed by the doctor, or inject epinephrine for treatment.
1. Anti-inflammatory and anti-allergy treatment: when the itching symptoms can not be relieved, the patient can take benadryl, loratadine and other antihistamines to inhibit the related allergic reaction; take dexamethasone, prednisolone and other glucocorticosteroids as prescribed by the doctor to combat inflammation and allergies.
2. Anti-shock treatment: when the itching symptoms continue to be unable to relieve and the situation is very critical, should promptly follow the doctor’s instructions for anti-shock treatment, can be injected under the guidance of a professional physician epinephrine treatment of chloramphenicol-induced anaphylactic shock, and actively replenish the fluid therapy to correct metabolic acidosis.
If chloramphenicol allergy itch continues to be unable to relieve after stopping the drug, you should go to the hospital in time, actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment, do not do it on your own.