woaidelrey
19-04-19, 12:22
Hi everyone,
Good morning! So I went in to have a neck soft tissue MRI for persistent sore throat, lump stuck in throat sensation and salivary gland swelling yesterday evening. Despite the fact that I requested not having the contrast injected due to fear of adverse reaction and the worst scenario- nephrogenic system fibrosis. After the first 20 minutes of study, the technician came in and said he would have to inject the dye because if not, this study will be inconclusive. So I agreed.
1 hour after the contrast injection, I started feeling itchy all over my body (no hives tho). And this morning I wake up feeling very tired. I read that side effects from the dye are very rare and I think I am probably experiencing side effects from the dye... I have been trying to drink a lot of water to flush the dye out of my system, but I can't help but starting to think if the worst is gonna happen to me, or if the technician made a mistake during injection and accidentally gave me more than needed? Or if she made a mistake and leaked some dye into my body... My doctor originally wanted me to have CT with contrast, but I requested MRI instead of CT, and now Im scared that I have done something very bad for my body...
Has anyone had any experiences with mri/contrast? I'm feeling like my heart rate is shooting up high due to this anxiety...
Thanks in advance!
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Good morning! So I went in to have a neck soft tissue MRI for persistent sore throat, lump stuck in throat sensation and salivary gland swelling yesterday evening. Despite the fact that I requested not having the contrast injected due to fear of adverse reaction and the worst scenario- nephrogenic system fibrosis. After the first 20 minutes of study, the technician came in and said he would have to inject the dye because if not, this study will be inconclusive. So I agreed.
1 hour after the contrast injection, I started feeling itchy all over my body (no hives tho). And this morning I wake up feeling very tired. I read that side effects from the dye are very rare and I think I am probably experiencing side effects from the dye... I have been trying to drink a lot of water to flush the dye out of my system, but I can't help but starting to think if the worst is gonna happen to me, or if the technician made a mistake during injection and accidentally gave me more than needed? Or if she made a mistake and leaked some dye into my body... My doctor originally wanted me to have CT with contrast, but I requested MRI instead of CT, and now Im scared that I have done something very bad for my body...
Has anyone had any experiences with mri/contrast? I'm feeling like my heart rate is shooting up high due to this anxiety...
Thanks in advance!
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