I had a MRI of the brain yesterday,they injected ,me with Gadolinium,a litttle bit later my lips felt numb.Aft

Question

After the MRI I told the tech.He didnt think it was an allergic reaction ( i do have anxiety) Anyways he called the emergemcy room and they told him to have me come down and they would watch me and give mme some Benadrly.I went but the ER was packed so I left,called a pharamisist and told him,I ask if i could just take some Benadryl and he said yes,that it was proberly my anxiety.While i was on the MRI table I was laying so still and it felt like my head and shoulder were laying on a screw or something,so maybe that caused the numbness of my lip.Im still having it this morning,I thought it seemed like my throat was tightining up,but my pharamist who knows how bad my anxiety is said its proberly my anxiety.Does anyone know about allgeric reactions to Gadolinium? The tech said he has never seen anyone have a reaction,but that there is always that chance. I am still worrried about it.Any input owuld help>

Answer 1

i would go back to the dr office and be checked out. but sounds like an anxiety attack. but to be on the safe side had you not aught to go back and be checked. millions have had mri's. and mra's............As well as cat scans.

Answer 2

I have to be honest. I am surprised that you are worried more about your lips being numb rather than the fact that the doctors are scanning your brain and injecting fluids into it. I have a question for you. Do you go to the doctors with alot of symptoms and then the doctor hands you a prescription and says you're fine, you're just suffering from anxiety??? You might be suffering from hypochondria. May I suggest a "pill"? It's called the
"Gos-pill"! In the bible it is written 365 times, "Fear not." or "Be not afraid" or some way or another, God is saying don't be afraid, 365 times! That is once for each day! Anxiety is a type of fear. And fear is the greatest weapon an enemy can use for defeat! I won't say I hope you feel better, because in truth, I hope you feel healed and whole. Blessings on you!

Answer 3

Go back to the ER and get checked out. By the way - my son had an allergic reaction to Benadryl - so it just goes to show you anything can be an allergen.

As far as the anxiety - do you have medicine to control that? If not you need to get some - it will really help you.

Answer 4

The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical safety of intravenous gadolinium-based contrast media used in patients who underwent MRI at a single institution. Acute adverse reactions to intravenous gadolinium-based contrast media used for MRI at the Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, SAR, from January 1999 to November 2004 were recorded in an incidence log book. The medical records of patients' demographics were retrospectively reviewed and the nature, frequency and severity of the adverse reactions were investigated and documented. The incidence of acute adverse reactions to intravenous gadolinium-based contrast media was 0.48% (45 patients with 46 adverse reactions). The severity of these adverse reactions were 96% mild, 2% moderate (one patient developed shortness of breath that required oxygen supplementation and intravenous steroidal management) and 2% severe (one patient developed an anaphylactoid reaction, but successfully recovered through timely resuscitation). No patients were recorded as having contrast extravasation and none died as a result of any adverse reaction. Among the 45 patients who developed adverse reactions, three patients (6.7%) had prior adverse reactions to iodinated contrast media, three (6.7%) had prior reactions to a different gadolinium-based contrast agent, one (2%) had asthma and nine (20%) had a history of drug/food allergy. Overall, 41% of the adverse reactions were not documented in the final MRI report or the clinical medical records. Gadolinium-based contrast media are safe and well tolerated by the vast majority of patients. In our study, the adverse reaction rate (0.48%) and the incidence of severe anaphylactoid reaction (0.01%) concur with those reported in the literature. Although most of the symptoms are mild and transient, these adverse reactions must be accurately documented and managed.

Answer 5

As a person who suffers from anxiety I must say that your symptoms sound like anxiety.
Also, an allergic reaction would most likely have happened right away and you'd have no doubt about it.

Answer 6

If you were truely worried about it you should have stayed in the ER.
They did the right thing by sending you there.
Go back, if you aren't feeling any better.

Answer 7

Ditto what Lance said.

Answer 8

consult your p.c.p.(primary care physician) . good luck