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Have you ever suffered from an allergic reaction to antibiotics?


Pills and Medication

Pills and Medication

According to the UK’s National Health Service Web site up to 1 in 15 of us can get an allergic reaction to antibiotics.

The symptoms of these allergic reactions can include:-

  • Hives ( a raised skin rash)
  • Wheezing and coughing
  • A tightness of the throat which may lead to some breathing difficulties

The objective of this blog post is two fold .  Firstly to find out what percentage of our readers have suffered an allergic reaction to antibiotics.   Secondly to ask our readers to share their stories about these allergic reactions with other readers.  The sorts of things we are interested in are:-

  1. What was the original problem which lead you to take antibiotics?
  2. What were the symptoms of the allergic reaction?
  3. How did you treat the allergic reaction to antibiotics?
  4. What alternatives to the antibiotics do you use these days?

Fell free to use the comments box below to add your answers.  Or just take the poll!

Many thanks in advance!



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Healthcare Tourism. Should people from other countries be given access to publicly funded healthcare?



In the UK yesterdays papers were full of discussion about what was referred to as ” Healthcare

Healthcare Tourism

Healthcare Tourism

Tourism”.

In a nutshell this is where citizens of other countries use the UK’s National Health Service to obtain medical assistance .  It is claimed that this is often not just for emergencies but in some cases for routine procedures.

You can read more about it here at the BBc web site http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24616801

So what do you think about healthcare tourism in your country.  It would be great if you could provide some feedback by taking our poll below.  Fell free to use the comments box to expand your thoughts.

Thanks very much in advance