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Asked for male, 42 years old from Aligarh
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Chloramphenicol is an older antibiotic not used nowadays much due to availability of better alternatives. It should be avoided during pregnancy, infants and children. Adverse effects includes:
-aplastic anemia
-pancytopenia
-esophagitis
-neurotoxicity causing optic neuritis
-metabolic acidosis
-gastrointestinal disturbances
not every effect is seen on every one. Serious side effects usually develops after long term use.
-aplastic anemia
-pancytopenia
-esophagitis
-neurotoxicity causing optic neuritis
-metabolic acidosis
-gastrointestinal disturbances
not every effect is seen on every one. Serious side effects usually develops after long term use.
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General Physician•Patna
Common side effects
diarrhea
nausea
stomach pain
vomiting
rare
black, tarry stools
blood in the urine or stools
burning, "crawling" or tingling feeling in the skin
difficulty with breathing when exercising
fever with or without chills
headache
large, hive-like swellings on the face, eyelids, mouth, lips, or tongue
muscle weakness
numbness in the fingers or toes (usually mild)
pain
peeling of the skin
pinpoint red spots on the sk...more
diarrhea
nausea
stomach pain
vomiting
rare
black, tarry stools
blood in the urine or stools
burning, "crawling" or tingling feeling in the skin
difficulty with breathing when exercising
fever with or without chills
headache
large, hive-like swellings on the face, eyelids, mouth, lips, or tongue
muscle weakness
numbness in the fingers or toes (usually mild)
pain
peeling of the skin
pinpoint red spots on the sk...more
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Asked for male, 70 years old from Varanasi
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MD - Pulmonary Medicine, MBBS, DNB ( Pul...read more
Pulmonologist•Thane
You can't stop inhalers for adult or child if they have breathlessness asthma allergy etc. Do absolute eosinophil count
do total serum ige and inform then continue nebulisers and mdi inhaler
any doctor who says your child just has allergy or just bronchitis is doing a crime of not recognising your child's problems and diagnosis as asthma
treat with mdi and continue for at least 5 years.
Sometimes childhood asthma withers / goes away by 12 years of age and may come back in 40's.
do total serum ige and inform then continue nebulisers and mdi inhaler
any doctor who says your child just has allergy or just bronchitis is doing a crime of not recognising your child's problems and diagnosis as asthma
treat with mdi and continue for at least 5 years.
Sometimes childhood asthma withers / goes away by 12 years of age and may come back in 40's.
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