Doctors warn that popular antibiotics are being taken by people around the world. With cases of severe side effects, risking organ failure.
Doctors warn popular antibiotics treat bacterial infections, millions of people worldwide take them. Some cases of severe side effects, leading to organ failure
Doctors have issued a warning about the antibiotic Bactrim, used by millions of people worldwide. After finding it could be linked to death and serious reactions in some cases.
Bactrim ( Sulfamethoxazole Trimethoprim) is a sulfa antibiotic, chemically called a sulfonamide. Americans each year to treat bacterial infections. Such as ear, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and urinary tract infections.
The case of Emmie Bellucci
Emmie Bellucci, a 12-year-old girl from Texas. After receiving the second dose. She had a severe reaction that damaged her lungs and required hospitalization for five months on a breathing tube.
By the patient’s immune system malfunctioning and attacking normal tissue in the lungs. Leading to respiratory failure.
Research and warnings
Since 2018, several patients have reported similar symptoms after taking Bactrim. Doctors at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City studied 14 pediatric patients who developed “acute respiratory failure syndrome” (ARDS) after taking the drug. In which a third of the patients died and 20% required a lung transplant.
The case led the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to add a warning to Bactrim’s label about “serious pulmonary reactions.”
Genetic discoveries
The research found that patients with these severe reactions have a genetic HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen) protein pattern that could trigger the immune system to mistakenly attack its own lungs. The research team hopes to develop a genetic risk test to help doctors assess risk before prescribing this drug.
In Emmie’s case, while it is still unknown whether she has the genetic trait. Her family has been sharing her recovery progress on Facebook. DShowing that she is now breathing on her own and walking around the เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย hospital.