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A member asked:
Was able to take penicillin as a kid for tonsillitis. had one reaction of a rash when i was 10. is this an allergy?
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Possibly: Most people with this history will not react when exposed 20 years later. But some of them will get a rash again.
Answered 4/10/2014
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