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What action did you take that just saved your life

@CSKA_Moscou said in #6:
> I almost died from it when I was 8 years old. I have a rare allergy to antibiotics. so I avoid getting sick ))

Man, that is rough. As a parent, I can imagine that happening to one of my kids <shudder>. glad you lived to tell the story. In my case, it was a pneumonia caused by multiple infecting agents (2 bacterial, 1 viral) and my not being awake and alert enough to understand how bad I was. "Just give me some water. Just let me sleep".

Scary isn't it, how something too small to see with the naked eye can snuff out your candle so quickly, so ruthlessly.
@verylate said in #13:
> Man, that is rough. As a parent, I can imagine that happening to one of my kids <shudder>. glad you lived to tell the story. In my case, it was a pneumonia caused by multiple infecting agents (2 bacterial, 1 viral) and my not being awake and alert enough to understand how bad I was. "Just give me some water. Just let me sleep".
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> Scary isn't it, how something too small to see with the naked eye can snuff out your candle so quickly, so ruthlessly.

I wouldn't wish this on anyone, and this moment was extremely painful for my parents. I was very lucky to recover, thanks to the love of my parents and the excellent lifestyle I have. the allergist told my parents that I am lucky and that my immune system was strong, and that if the dose of antibiotics was higher, I could have lost a kidney (and have lifelong problems)

a few years later i've told my story to a person, and I heard his testymony : their neighbor's child did not survive such an allergy to penicillin... heartbreaking.

it's rare and I don't want to shame antibiotics because they save lives too, but this allergy is rare, dangerous, and difficult to detect, so i wish to anyone to take care.
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