Age: 55.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: ANTH, HEP, ANTH, HEP
Symptoms: Swelling face, Swollen tongue, Throat irritation, Vomiting
Clinical narrative: -itching of both feet - itching below the knees  and side of legs. - occasional swelling of feet  - 1st of March - weird sensation in the groin, no testicles with swelling - 6 - 7 hours later everything went back to normal - was not on any medications at the time of injection. Back in December 2009 I was given very short notice I would be replacing another individual whose father had a heart attack. On Sunday the 20th of December 2009 I performed small arms training wearing the new enhances body armor. While getting all that gear in a bag back onto the bus, I felt an intense pain on the right side of my neck in the upper back. After getting back here I went to a chiropractor, and an acupuncturist for a few months but the pain never seems to leave. I got tired spending all that money, so I stopped going and just live with the pain. The chiropractor kept saying that I had a rib popped out in that area. How does one get it put back so that it stays in place? In December 2009 I also received my first ANTHRAX injection. In January 2010 I received my second ANTHRAX injection. In February 2010 my normal energy level seemed to go down. In the middle of February my lower legs and feet began to itch. It kept getting more and more intense. At night in my sleep' I would scratch my lower legs to the point of bleeding. My feet would feel like a 1, 000 ants were crawling over and under them almost every day of the week. After getting back here, home the daily itching persisted. On the 10th of March 2010 I woke up with an itching red rash on my lower legs and feet. My feet were very swollen. I went to the doctor and an RNP who prescribed clindamycin. I took them for a couple of days and quit because my feet and legs seemed to be better. On the 26th of March 2010 at about 2:30 in the morning I could feel that something was wrong with my tongue. By 6:30 AM the right side of my tongue was swollen to about three times its normal size. My wife called the doctor since I couldn't speak very well. They issued me a prescription for prednisone and to immediately take 2 BENADRYL. I took all of the prednisone religiously. No more problems with with my tongue. By 6:30 AM the right side of my tongue was swollen to about three times its normal size. My wife called the doctor since I couldn't speak very well. They issued me a prescription for prednisone and to immediately take 2 BENADRYL. I took all of the prednisone religiously. No more problems with my tongue until 20th of April 2010 when the left side of my tongue started to swell up. I took 2 BENADRYL and my tongue went back to normal in an hour. No more tongue problems since. On the 26th of April I went to doctor and had a complete physical. Doctor couldn't find anything wrong with me except for high blood pressure. As time goes by the itching on my lower legs has stopped. The itching, ant crawling on and under my feet feeling is still occurring but less frequently. About four or five times a week instead of five times a day. It is maddening to be driving down the freeway and have one or the other foot start itching like that. That tells me that the damn toxin ANTHRAX is finally starting to leave my system. I do not wish to ever take ANTHRAX again. My hearing was fine until 1971. Back in those day we didn't have fancy headsets to hear our orders to drop the ropes in the triple A (Alert Aircraft Area) to allow the aircraft to taxi out of the hardened shelters. We had to listen for our orders coming out of an old twenty pound radio howling 30 feet away. Normal hearing protection is not enough if you are lucky enough to have any on you. Since I have returned I've had audiology tests and they indicate substantial hearing loss in the lower frequency areas. Monday 4 Oct 2010. I woke up at 0530 with the left side of tongue starting to swell. I took one BENADRY and then another at 0600 and the swelling went away. At 0700 I took 1/2 tablet of lisinopril for high blood pressure. Tuesday 5 Oct 2010. At 0530 I took another 1/2 tablet of lisinopril. Tuesday afternoon at 1500 I noticed that my left hand and left foot were swelling. I took 2 BENADRYL and the swelling went away in two hours. At 2100 hours I went to bed but awoke at 2200 hours with horrible stomache ache and began throwing up about every hour of the night until 0500 hours Wednesday 6 October 2010. My stomach and esophagus kept burning until Friday 8 Oct 2010. Saturday 9 October 2010 I woke up at 0530 felling my lower left lip starting to swell. I couldn't remember biting it but went back to sleep. I slept until 0900 when I started feeling a very painful, very swollen lower left lip. It was horrible and very grotesque. My lower lip was swollen from left to right about four times the size it should be. I took two BENADRYL tablets but within tow hours my lip was swelling even more. I tried to call emergency but ended up after 45 minutes of holding on the phone talking to someone in a different area. At that point I was in a traffic jam to get to the hospital. At 1130 hours I was admitted to emergency where they could see it for themselves. Doctors and nurses gave me another dose of BENADRYL intravenously. After two hours my lip started to go back to normal. They cleared me to go but when I got off the bed my lip started to swell up again along with a puffy jowl on the lower left side of my face. All of the swelling and jowl went away by Monday afternoon the 11th of October 2010. Saturday 16 Oct 2010 at 1700 hr. I had steak cooked at home and after a few bites found that I was having a very hard time swallowing. I started to think that I might have swallowed a piece without chewing it thoroughly enough. I was born with a congenital defect of the esophagus and after surgery to correct it was left with a throat that is very small then double wide and goes back to very small again. This makes it extremely easy for me to get things lodged in that large area and still be able to breathe and live on semi liquid diets for a while. The last time this happened was August 1966. I was experiencing the same sensation in my lower throat that I'd felt back in 196. Sunday 17 October 2010 I had my wife drive me up to the hospital and spent 5 hours waiting for their one doctor to come in to ER and tell me she couldn't do anything for me without her co-doctor being there and that it was his day off. I tried to explain that back in 1966 my doctor would merely run a red rubber hose with holes in it down and back in my esophagus until the piece of hot dog or steak would either go on down or get lodged in one of the holes in the rubber tube and be pulled back up and out. This occurred to me about five times between birth and 12 years old. I always take my time while eating because it isn't a very pleasant experience. I usually go into mild shock about an hour later. The lady doctor said they don't use the rubber hose anymore. I said it only takes one person to do it and you don't have to be put under to achieve your goal. Anyway, I was told to call back on Monday and make an appointment. Monday morning 18 Oct, 0130 hrs. I woke up because I can hardly breathe. My tongue is swollen way down inside esophagus and my right lower lip and jaw are swollen to about three times their normal size. My wife wants me to go back to Emergency. Instead I take 3 BENADRYL's and try to sleep. I get up at 0500 hrs. My lip has gone back down and my throat and tongue have become unconstructed. I was able to eat poached eggs and toast with no problem. I hadn't swallowed any improperly chewed meat. It was the Angioedema starting out in a very subtle manner. Monday 18 Oct. I had promised my wife that we would go on an overnight backpack up into the wilderness. So far on my 3 day weekend nothing had worked out very well. I told my wife we were going for a day hike. She said no because it was too far if I had anymore problems. I argued, she won, we went up to the west side because it is a fairly short drive, but I had forgotten how steep a climb it is in the first few miles. Again my wife was right. at 1200 hrs. I began to feel my right upper lip starting to swell. Immediately, I took BENADRYL. At 1650 hrs. my entire upper lip was swollen to about double size. I took one more BENADRYL. Tuesday 19 Oct my kip showed a little puffiness. Tuesday 26 Oct. after seeing Doctor and waiting to get a prescription filled for two Epipens my left foot began to itch like usual at 1030 hrs and by 1145 hrs my left side of my penal area began to swell. I took 2 BENADRYL and by Wednesday at 0530 hrs it had just about gone back to normal. This is really difficult to talk about but this same situation occurred once on the first of March 2010 and again on the 27th of September. When it first occurred in March I didn't have a clue. That would have been the first time of any body parts swelling other than my feet. Friday 29 Oct. 2010 at 0845 hrs m left foot began to itch like crazy while speaking with someone. We were just discussing my situation. It got so bad that I had to take my left boot off and scratch the devil out of it. He told me to go back to my shop and take some BENADRYL that he knew that I had for just such times. By 1030 hrs the itching had ceased. Saturday 30 Oct. at 1330 hrs my right side of hand began to itch and swell. At 1600 hrs my right ear lobe began to itch and swell. I took my second two BENADRYL' s and itching subsided but swelling persisted. Sunday 31 Oct at 1100 hrs my right hand and ear were still swollen. I took two BENADRY and at 1230 hrs I felt my throat starting to swell up down in my esophagus. I took two more BENADRYL at 1245 hrs. At 1600 hrs I took two more BENADRYL and esophagus started to relax and was able to eat my dinner steaks which I'd been looking forward to got a few days. Monday 1 Nov. 2010 my hand and ear were normal and my outer right throat was only slightly swollen. Wednesday 3 Nov. 2010 I woke up at 0400 with my right upper lip slightly swollen. I took two BENADRYL and by 1400 hrs it was just about normal. Friday 5 Nov. 2010 at 0830 hrs I started to experience maddening itching of right foot. By 0845 the itching had ceased. Saturday 6 Nov. 2010 at 1430 hrs my groin area started to itch insesently and by 1530 my testicles had began swelling. I took two BENADRY at 1600 hrs and two more 1900 hrs. By 2230 hrs they had gone back to about normal. Sunday 7 Nov. at 0900 hrs I started to have that strange feeling again down inside my esophagus. I took two BENASRYL immediately and started carrying my EPIPEN on my person. I had difficulty swallowing at lunch and concluded lunch without finishing. I took two more BENADRYL at 1300 hrs and by 1600 hrs my throat felt just about normal. Monday 8 Nov 2010 the bottom of my right foot is itching and both feet have been itching off and on everyday for six days in a row. Wednesday 10 Nov 2010 1115 hrs my right foot is itching unbearably. 1330 hrs right foot is still itching like crazy. Angioedema is forming on the bottom of right foot. I take two BENADRYL at 1400 and two more at 1730 hrs. Thursday 11 Nov 0530 hrs there is still a puffy but smaller lump on the bottom of right foot. Today I started taking ALLEGRA for the treatment of my Angioedema. Monday 15 Nov 2010 1730 hrs. I have been taking ALLEGRA for five days and until now have not had an edema event. At 1730 hrs I started to get that funny feeling in my lower esophagus. I went to a concert and definitely felt my throat swelling up. I took two BENADRYL at 1945 hrs. The swelling persisted and I could hardly swallow by 2230 hrs. We got home at 2250 hrs and I took three more BENADRYL. I was finally able to sleep by 0100 hrs 16 Nov. Tues 16 Nov 1500 hrs. I am feeling something in my throat again and took two BENADRYL just to be on the safe side. Sunday 20 Nov 2010 2200 hrs. I am having a slightly difficult time swallowing my saliva and feel a scratchy feeling in my throat. Monday 21 Nov 0500 hrs. The feeling in my throat is more pronounced and feel that I should take two BENADRYL. 0730 hrs the feeling is still there so I took two more BENADRYL. By 1000 hrs my throat is about normal again.