whee -- ibuprofen allergen?

[trochee]

last night my back neck face and scalp started itching. My usual psoriatic regions (not too bad) turned bright red and a little puffy, and itched.

Unfortunately, I'm still on a whole cocktail of drugs from the wisdom teeth extraction. So I'm not certain what it was; I put (well-diluted) tea-tree oil on the itchy regions; it got better; I went to sleep.

I awoke with more itching at 6:00 or so, and the itching has persisted (mildly) all day. People keep asking me what happened; apparently I look sunburned.

So I'm going over to the emergency consulting nurse at the U health clinic -- i would like to have some suggestions about what I can take to reduce this. bleh.

not a fun way to celebrate imtboo's birthday. :/

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My mom, out of the blue, and after a lifetime of taking ibuprofen, suddenly developed an allergy to it last year. Itching, puffy, rash-like and in her case, some swelling. The doctors said it happens sometime just like that. Not saying that's what you have, but I'll be interested in finding out what it is.

And I'm sorry you have it today!