Case Report
Suspected Local Anesthetic Allergy of a Child: A Case Report
Matsumura T*, Miyamoto T and Fukayama HAnesthesiology and Clinical Physiology, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
- *Corresponding Author:
- Matsumura T
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology and Clinical Physiology
Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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E-mail: tomoanph@tmd.ac.jp
Received Date: August 02, 2017; Accepted Date: August 12, 2017; Published Date: August 18, 2017
Citation: Matsumura T, Miyamoto T, Fukayama H (2017) Suspected Local Anesthetic Allergy of a Child: A Case Report. Pediatr Dent Care 2: 139. doi: 10.4172/2573-444X.1000139
Copyright: © 2017 Matsumura T, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
In dental practice, a certain number of patients complain of various symptoms after injection of local anesthetics. However, especially in children who cannot express their symptoms properly, a correct diagnosis of local anesthetic allergy is difficult. Here is a case of a boy with suspected local anesthetic allergy. We looked for an alternative local anesthetic on the basis of the medical history and the results of allergy tests
