Description of Event or Problem · 1
A PHYSICIAN REPORTED THAT A PATIENT WAS DOUBLE SKIN TESTED IN THE FOREARMS ON 04/19/1997 AND 05/02/1997. SHE RECEIVED HER FIRST TREATMENT WITH TWO FORMULATIONS OF COLLAGEN ON 05/15/1997 IN THE GLABELLA, NASOLABIAL FOLDS AND PERIORBITALLINES. ON 05/16/1997, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED REDNESS AND SWELLING AT ONE OF THE SKIN TEST SITES; SHE WAS SEEN ON 05/19/1997; THE PHYSICIAN INSTRUCTED THE PATIENT TO CONTINUE AMPICILLIN SHE WAS TAKING FOR AN UNRELATED CONDITION. ON 05/27/1997, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED REDNESS AND SWELLING AT THE GLABELLA. ON 05/29/1997, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH PERSISTENT SYMPTOMS; THE PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED A HYPERSENSITIVITY. THE PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED ZYRTEC AND EXPRESSED MATERIAL FROM THE TEST SITE BUT WAS UNSURE IF THE MATERIAL WAS PUS OR COLLAGEN. ON 06/02/1197, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH PERSISTENT SYMPTOMS; ATARAX WAS PRESCRIBED. ON 06/02/1997, ALL TREATMENT SITES WERE RED, SWOLLEN AND ITCHING.