How to react ?
In the majority of cases, an allergic reaction causes edema within 2 hours and may be accompanied by other symptoms such as asthma. If you are a witness or victim of the onset of the following symptoms, contact the emergency services as soon as possible:
Sudden and rapid onset of severe, generalized itching; skin redness, edema and/or conjunctivitis; swelling of the uvula, tongue and/or pharynx; voice change (which becomes weak or even inaudible) breathing difficulties malaise, extreme weakness, fatigue, dizziness nausea, vomiting, diarrhea abdominal pain.
Without rapid treatment, angioedema can be fatal because the swelling of the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract prevents the air from passing, leading to respiratory arrest and death.
Note: Quincke’s edema bears this name because it was first described in 1882 by Pr Heinrich Quincke, a German physician, when he diagnosed angioneurotic, a form that can affect any part from the body. Which then become white, painful and bulky, even deformed, sometimes for several days.
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