Arbitrarily using antibiotics, a woman in Nghe An suffered anaphylactic shock
(Baonghean.vn) - On October 6, Nghia Dan District Medical Center said that on October 5, the unit received a case of grade III anaphylactic shock due to self-medication with the antibiotic Cefotaxime.
Accordingly, Ms. TT H (62 years old) bought the antibiotic Cefotaxime to take herself. After taking the medicine, the patient became dizzy and was immediately taken to the emergency room at Nghia Dan District Medical Center by her family. The patient was admitted to the hospital with a rash all over her body, chest tightness, difficulty breathing, pale, cold skin, and shock. Diagnosis of grade III anaphylactic shock due to self-medication with antibiotics.
Immediately afterwards, the doctors and nurses of the Pediatrics Emergency Resuscitation Department quickly provided emergency treatment and intensive resuscitation for the patient. After 1 day of treatment, the patient's health was stable and continued to be monitored at the center.
Dr. Ho Thi Thanh Xuan - Head of the Department of Emergency Resuscitation - Pediatrics, Nghia Dan Medical Center recommends: Complications of self-medication at home are very dangerous, especially for patients with allergies. People should not arbitrarily buy and use medicine at home. When needing to use medicine in general or antibiotics in particular, people need to go to a medical facility to be examined, consulted and dispensed medicine according to the doctor's instructions to avoid unwanted complications.