An patient with a peanut allergy was given medication for a nosebleed which contained nut oil. The patientwas told before going home that the A&E doctor "didn't think" the cream contained nut oil.
But on returning home and reading the leaflet, the unnamed patient learned there was in fact arachis oil, or peanut oil, in the medication. They had gone to the emergency department after a nosebleed, having started on a medication to help reduce blood clots.
The patient had told the nursing team on arrival at St Helier Hospital in Surrey, and the doctor who prescribed the cream, about their allergy. On contacting A&E, they were told there was not an alternative medicine they could be prescribed, SurreyLive reports.
