# Tylenol allergic reaction - Should I go to the ER? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 15, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tylenol-allergic-reaction-should-i-go-to-the-er/804587 "2017-12-15T21:47:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tylenol-allergic-reaction-should-i-go-to-the-er/804587/21 "2017-12-17T00:48:09Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Turns out there was no allergic reaction. This is still terrible though. I’ve been diagnosed with head, foot, and mouth disease. It’s just a virus so it will just have to clear up on its own. I can’t say I’ve ever experienced this much pain from from a skin thing. My hands and feet feel like they are on fire, it hurts to open or close my hands or even to walk. Didn’t sleep at all last night because of the pain and itchiness. THIS SUCKS!!! Also had to cancel a vacation I was really looking forward to, sigh. > [@MoonMoon](#): > > Oh my goodness. My (adult) son and I had that a few years ago and it was MISERABLE. I’m so sorry. Rest and feel better soon. Wow, I didn’t know that adults could even get that. I guess it makes sense - I got fifth disease as an adult, and that’s another “childhood” illness. Anyway…feel better soon, **pool**! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tylenol-allergic-reaction-should-i-go-to-the-er/804587/22 "2017-12-17T01:21:46Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Wow, I didn’t know that adults could even get that. I guess it makes sense - I got fifth disease as an adult, and that’s another “childhood” illness. Anyway…feel better soon, **pool**! I work in a preschool that starts with age one, and it goes through our one and 18-month-old class every year. A few two-year-olds get it. It looks like chicken pox on just the hands and feet. The little ones don’t seem to be bothered that much by it. I wouldn’t be surprised if it were worse in adults than kids. My brother got chicken pox in college. He got sent home, because he was living in the dorm. He was home for two weeks, and so miserable. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tylenol-allergic-reaction-should-i-go-to-the-er/804587/23 "2017-12-17T01:35:19Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Yes, this does exist–the wife has a Tylenol allergic reaction. She is also allergic to most everything on the planet. Raisins? But not grapes. Grape juice, but not wine, etc. As I’m sure you’re aware, raisins are just dried grapes. I doubt it’s possible to be allergic to one, and not the other. Unless you have a medical citation to the contrary? ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tylenol-allergic-reaction-should-i-go-to-the-er/804587/24 "2017-12-17T01:40:48Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > As I’m sure you’re aware, raisins are just dried grapes. I doubt it’s possible to be allergic to one, and not the other. Unless you have a medical citation to the contrary? Commercial raisins are preserved as well as dried, I believe. There are chemicals such as sulfur dioxide and others in raisins which are not in grapes. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tylenol-allergic-reaction-should-i-go-to-the-er/804587/25 "2017-12-17T01:45:40Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > Commercial raisins are preserved as well as dried, I believe. There are chemicals such as sulfur dioxide and others in raisins which are not in grapes. Because grapes have a lot more water, people will eat way more raisins than they will eat grapes at one time. It could be that she is allergic to both, it just takes a certain volume to produce the reaction, and the fact that she eats (or, would eat) many more raisins than grapes in a sitting, gets her over the threshold to a reaction. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tylenol-allergic-reaction-should-i-go-to-the-er/804587/26 "2017-12-17T02:27:54Z")
Does anyone have a medical citation, instead of opinion and speculation? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tylenol-allergic-reaction-should-i-go-to-the-er/804587/27 "2017-12-17T02:34:44Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Does anyone have a medical citation, instead of opinion and speculation? > **[Raisin allergy in an 8 year old patient - Allergy, Asthma & Clinical...](https://aacijournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1710-1492-10-S2-A6)** ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tylenol-allergic-reaction-should-i-go-to-the-er/804587/28 "2017-12-17T02:40:44Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Raisin allergy in an 8 year old patient | Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology | Full Text](https://aacijournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1710-1492-10-S2-A6) So one eight year old? You’ve got to be kidding. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tylenol-allergic-reaction-should-i-go-to-the-er/804587.md?page=1)