I had some mild rash some weeks back, and at one point it got worse and starts to itch, to a bearable extend. Hubby pester me to see the doctor, but I kept putting it off until one day the itchness reached an annoying stage. So off I went to the doctor and she prescribed some Loradine for me, taken in the morning and Piriton at night. Due to the nature of Piriton which causes drowsiness, I asked the doctor to gave me non drowsy ones (Loradine) and she said its ok to just take 1 tablet a day in the morning.

Fast forward a couple of days later, the rash got worse, spreading to my upper thigh and arm, and maybe some mild patches on my body, and it itches like hell! So again I went to the same clinic and this round, the doctor went on offensive, and gave me a bunch of tablets. -_-

• First 2 days, 4 tablets (2x – morning & night) of Prednisolone, 1 Loratadine in the morning, 1 Piriton at night, and 1 Cetirizine at night for itchness.
• Next 2 days, 2 tablets (2x – morning & night) of Prednisolone, 1 Loratadine in the morning, 1 Piriton at night, and 1 Cetirizine at night for itchness.
• Last 2 days, 1tablet (2x – morning & night) of Prednisolone, 1 Loratadine in the morning, 1 Piriton at night, and 1 Cetirizine at night for itchness.

 Due to my status in fb, Joo Lee gave me some feedback regarding Piriton and Cetirizine, and I have stop taking them as the itch isn’t so bad. Patches on my hand starting to fade, but my legs especially my calf still looks bad. -_-

Truth to be told, I’m sick of taking tablets ever since the delivery up until this moment. Since pregnancy, my skin seems to succumbed more easily to rash, a problem I had never had to bother about before this. During a certain period of pregnancy, shrimps make me itch and gave me rash around my tummy, and then it stopped. After labour, was inflicted with bum rash and had to take antibiotic for it (like seriously! Who takes antibiotic for bum rash?). But it was really painful so, I guess it’s my own fault for not noticing earlier the pain came from rash, not episiotomy wound. Tsk tsk….

And during confinement, due to the food consumed and the weather, I had some heat rash too, something that Ian also had. I am not sure whether I passed it to him or not, but eventually his went away after he was bathed with Guinness, while mine is not seriously as long as I don’t sweat too much and stay under the fan in a ventilated room (yes, I know during confinement you are not supposed to be directly under the fan, but hey the weather is crazy k?).

 So pretty much in 2 months time, my body had been pumped with various meds, I am really scared my liver is going to have a hard time clearing it all in the long run. The 5 days hospital stay was the worse, with multiple injections everyday and tablets to be swallowed, followed by 5 days of antibiotic course on the bum rash, and now 3/4days of Loratadine only and another 6 of the combination of meds aforementioned. Crazy life!!! I do hope this would not impact baby Ian in the long run. Tsk tsk…