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Anyone Have A Reaction To Bandaids?

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Ever since I've been diagnosed I've had trouble with the tape or bandaids the doctors use after they draw blood. My skin gets very red and itches sometimes for days. Thought this was weird. Anyone else have this problem??

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Ursa Major
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Yes, I am very allergic to regular bandaids. When blood is drawn I either try to remember to bring a bandaid for sensitive skin, or I let them only use paper tape over a cotton ball.

The only place I can tolerate normal bandaids is on my fingers, I guess because they have tougher skin. Everywhere else bandaids will cause psoriasis that sometimes takes years to go away!

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ravenwoodglass
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I have problems with bandaids also. I have found that Wegmans makes a bandaid I can tolerate with no issues though so I think the adhesive that is used in a lot of them is very much an issue for me. I never let them stick a bandaid on a blood draw, They hate me cause I won't even let them use the alcohol wipes without wiping the alcohol off before they insert the needle. Not an issue for almost anyone else I am sure but I get a pustule where the needle prick was if they don't. I just use a gauze pad and pressure. One last tidbit on blood draws if you bruise easily just put pressure on the stick with your arm straight, if you bend your arm to stop the blood flow that will increase the bruising.

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jennyj
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I, too, am allergic to many band-aids and tapes. When I had surgery 9 months ago it was hard to keep the scar covered with the tape they used but it was the only one that didn't make me blister up. When I do blood they also just use the paper tape.

celiacsucks Rookie
celiacsucks
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Ever since I've been diagnosed I've had trouble with the tape or bandaids the doctors use after they draw blood. My skin gets very red and itches sometimes for days. Thought this was weird. Anyone else have this problem??

No, I do not react to band-aids, which is a good thing because I have been falling a lot lately, which isn't a good thing. But to answer your question, no I don't react to band-aids, and I am diagnosed with Celiac.

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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half of the paper tapes they've used on me cause a skin reaction. :P

and a couple of bandaids do as well.

so yeah, regardless of gluten, adhesives can irritate people. try sensitive skin products, and it may just take some trial and error to find out what works for you.

Lisa16 Collaborator
Lisa16
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Add me to the list of people who react badly. I always thought it was my latex allergy.

You can just ask them to give you a cotton ball after they draw blood and apply pressure.

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babysteps Contributor
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plastic bandaid = red itchy skin for a few days after bandaid removed

fabric bandaid seems to work fine (so could be latex, or do they use different adhesive?)

my late mother always used paper tape, couldn't tolerate any bandaids - she was never diagnosed or even suspected celiac (I have no idea if she'd ever even heard of celiac), but I'm guessing she was

we're all different, I have a relative w/positive celiac blood test who doesn't react to wheat or gluten topically, but does have some wheat food-allergy symptoms (don't worry, she's gluten-free except for cc). I had a 'normal' blood test but my skin reacts to touching anything with gluten or fragrance in it.

my husband, the same fabric bandaids that work fine for me (and stay stuck much better vs. plastic), they come unstuck within a day for him...but plastic works fine for him

We're all different ;)

MDRB Explorer
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Yep, I have a problem with bandaids. I get red and itchy and have on occasion developed a huge puss filled blister if I leave it on too long. I find that I react even to the 'sensitive skin' ones. The worst reaction I had was when a doctor used those steri strip things instead of stiches for a wound, I had blisters that took weeks to heal. eewwwwwwwwww

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darlindeb25
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Yeah, me too. I react to bandaids. Days after one has been removed, you can see where it was. They suck the color out of my skin! Often I get a rash from them too. I guess we are the lucky ones!!!

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