General Medical Question - Non Urgent - Bad reaction to insect bites

[Starburst]

A few days ago, I had a bad reaction to some insect bites. They caused my leg to swell up hugely. One of the bites was an egg-sized lump and another swelled up and covered most of my thigh. I spiked a very high temperature too. I had this happen before (on holiday) when I was a child and ended up in hospital. Would it be OTT to get a medic alert bracelet/card or would it be pretty obvious to a medical professional what was happening to me? I don't want to seem like a total drama queen.

Thanks.

[Diamonds.]

Erm, i'd get one, just incase. Have you been to the hospital with this reaction?

[sobriquet]

If it's something that's happened before and ended up with you in hospital it's probably worth getting a bracelet or something just in case. If you never need it, great, but if there's a chance you will need it, better to be on the safe side really.

[Aidee]

Actually, a bracelet probably isn't needed. Bracelets come in handy if you aren't able to talk for some reason, but as long as you can talk you can tell health care people what your health history is.

If the allergy continues to get worse and turns into an anaphylactic reaction (a reaction where your throat swells shut) then it may be warranted, but as long as it's just a localized skin reaction you shouldn't need one.

[Starburst]

I didn't end up in hospital this time. I did when I was a child but I don't remember much about it.

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Originally Posted by ~Aidey~

Actually, a bracelet probably isn't needed. Bracelets come in handy if you aren't able to talk for some reason, but as long as you can talk you can tell health care people what your health history is.

If the allergy continues to get worse and turns into an anaphylactic reaction (a reaction where your throat swells shut) then it may be warranted, but as long as it's just a localized skin reaction you shouldn't need one.

Yep that's what I thought. I was just worried it could lead to an anaphylactic reaction.

[Tamara01]

is to go have an allergy test. Just to make things sure it isn't anaphylactic reaction or something similarly serious.