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I was diagnosed with dress syndrome in march of this year, i don't know what caused the reaction. are there testing that can be done to decipher it?

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See Below: DRESS syndrome stands for Drug Reaction, Eosinophilia, and Systemic Symptoms. since it`s been since March I assume you`ve been treated and recovered. The drug reaction can be to quite a list of drugs and I know of no safe way to find out which one.

Answered 12/15/2014

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A member asked:

I was diagnosed with dress syndrome in march of this year, i don't know what caused the reaction. are there testing that can be done to decipher it?

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Dr. William Lages answered

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