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Originally Posted by will8427  don't let them give you the MRI dye, it contains gadolinium. if you have any level of renal insufficiency when receive an MRI w/ contrast, you are at risk for developing Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis - an incurable disease for which there is presently no known effective treatment. |
My mother had an angiogram and had a cypher stent placed in her right artery which was 95% blocked. She developed a severe rash the next day where she looked sunburned, especially on her back, ankles, wrists, and inside of fingers- the "hotspots" I would say. She had itching and they gave her benadryl. It took almost 2 weeks for it to go away. She was also on steriods for the last 3 days of her hospital stay. She peeled from her neck to her toes. Nothing on her face. I've read about NSF and am concerned that if it had that much affect on her outside - what happened to her inside? Doctors never did 'pinpoint' what caused the reaction. I read that it could be the med on the stent, the polymer on the stent, the dye, and plavix - any one of them could cause this reaction.
She is fine now, but like I said, what happened inside I don't know. Her fingernail beds are indented now and they never used to be.
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