sunnyland27
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Hi girls,
I was all excited on Monday when AF arrived (weird, I know!) because I got to ring up and make an appointment for a HSG and it's scheduled for Monday 10th.
The excitement turned to sadness when I did a bit of research and realised i probably have an allergy to iodine. The doctor did mention I might want to get an allergy test before the procedure but I think I was very emotional at the appt and itdidn't really sink in. I'm allergic to almost everything! including some anaphylactic symptoms and a reaction to seafood. The seafood/iodine connection is disputed but I just KNOW if some people get bad reactions to the dye they use, I'll be one of them. Any of you had a reaction (swelling, bleeding, pain etc) after having this done? I just don't think I can risk it doing more harm than good
I BET they wont do it but I found they can do a similar procedure using a device that creates bubbles in saline solution (inserted exatly like the HSG dye), which can be easily seen using a normal ultrasound. I can't understand why they wouldn't use this test as standard, instead of risking allergies/reactions to the dye and exposing women to unnecessary radiation!? Here's the link:
I was all excited on Monday when AF arrived (weird, I know!) because I got to ring up and make an appointment for a HSG and it's scheduled for Monday 10th.
The excitement turned to sadness when I did a bit of research and realised i probably have an allergy to iodine. The doctor did mention I might want to get an allergy test before the procedure but I think I was very emotional at the appt and itdidn't really sink in. I'm allergic to almost everything! including some anaphylactic symptoms and a reaction to seafood. The seafood/iodine connection is disputed but I just KNOW if some people get bad reactions to the dye they use, I'll be one of them. Any of you had a reaction (swelling, bleeding, pain etc) after having this done? I just don't think I can risk it doing more harm than good
I BET they wont do it but I found they can do a similar procedure using a device that creates bubbles in saline solution (inserted exatly like the HSG dye), which can be easily seen using a normal ultrasound. I can't understand why they wouldn't use this test as standard, instead of risking allergies/reactions to the dye and exposing women to unnecessary radiation!? Here's the link: