I went to a small protest during the start of the No Kings stuff a few months ago.

I didn’t do much; other people were getting up to stuff, and i was just there as a warm body/support/whatever i guess. I happened to be near somebody the police shot a crowd control weapon at. The gas only got me a little bit - initially it was maybe a minute or two of eye/face irritation and then it was fine.

but in the following days, my tear ducts swelled up, my hands and feet swelled up such that i had massive skin dieoff, and i thought i was fucking dying with how sick i felt

Now it seems to be cyclical. Right now my eyes are swolen and red again. My hands are swolen again. My joints hurt. This is the third time since being exposed that this has happened, and I had never experienced anything like that before going to this protest

I genuinely don’t know what to do to deal with this, it’s hugely disruptive. Does it go away? I t hought people on hexbear might have some insight, because right now i mostly have to just suck it up - take anti-inflammatories, tylenol, etc. and dabbing pain relieving ointments around the outside of my eye

these motherfuckers will poison you just for protesting.

  • Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    18 days ago

    When I have inflammation, such as mosquito bites, the spots always itch the worst in the morning. I suspect it’s related to circadian rhythm aspects of the immune system.

    Agree with other posters to try to see a doctor if you have a regular one, or walk in clinic if you don’t have a primary care or need more flexible appointment hours. They should be able to judge if a steroid would help, and get you a prescription of the right form(s) (pill/cream/eye drop/other).

    If seeing a medical person very soon is not possible, cortisone cream is an over the counter steroid, as is fluticazone nasal spray (name brand FloNase). One or both might be worth a try.