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Surgical Glue Allergy

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Hello @cmcorliss and welcome to Mayo Connect. You are asking a good question regarding the possibility of the skin problems being related to an allergy. As you have a history of atopic dermatitis, does this seem to be similar to the previous skin inflammation?

It would be a good idea to contact your doctor's office to get their opinion. If the discomfort is too great to wait until Monday, you can also consider a trip to an urgent care clinic.

Do the skin symptoms get worse in the evening, or does it stay the same all day?

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Hello - Thank you for replying. To back up a bit, I was released from the hospital nearly a week before I posted. Once the dressing over the chest tube was removed, I recognized how irritated my skin was , not only there, but at all the wound sites. After a few days, I thought of using the Kenolog cream (less greasy than the clobetasol ointment) which seemed to help a little, but on Friday night at midnight, my skin was burning. That’s when I finally relented and began the clobetasol ointment,which has increasingly soothed the skin. My eczema history began with itchy, bleeding patches similar to psoriasis for many years though to my twenties and resorted finally to occasional flare-ups and “hot spot” as one of my docs call them. However, I have noted that now I am often having a reaction to medication, vaccines, etc. that cause my skin to erupt with a fine red rash. With the current situation, I could see the red rash but I also had the burning aspect of my skin. Thus, I am pleased that whatever was/is happening to my skin is finally beginning to subside after the use of the clobetasol. Whether I had a reaction to the surgical glue will be a topic for discussion with my surgeon and PCP. Thank you again for responding— I was in agony and reaching out.