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Post by Mayleng on Aug 30, 2013 11:39:43 GMT -5
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Post by ashotgal on Sept 13, 2013 1:17:25 GMT -5
what the meaning of your post?
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Post by healthy11 on Sept 13, 2013 9:55:23 GMT -5
Ashotgal, Millermoms forum is a community whose primary focus is to offer information and support to people about ADHD and Learning Disabilities, but that's not all. Members may chose to share knowledge they have about different topics, when it can be of benefit to others. In this case, the link that was posted is more of an "alert message."
There are plenty of individuals who don't realize that acetaminophen is contained is many "over the counter" products, and even an "accidental" overdose can be fatal. My sister-in-law's family learned that the hard way, when one of their relatives died of liver failure after taking several different pain relief medications. (The girl wasn't feeling well to begin with, so she took some Tylenol to try and relieve her pain. When that didn't help much, she took different medication to try and get to sleep, probably not realizing it also contained acetaminophen. Instead of feeling better, she felt worse. Since she was uncomfortable and still couldn't rest, but several hours had passed since she took the first dose of Tylenol, she figured she would take a few more, and make an appointment to see her doctor if she didn't improve. Her family found her unconscious the next day, and the hospital identified her as having liver failure; their efforts to save her were futile. In retrospect, what the girl probably didn't realize from the start was that the pain she had was related to a liver condition. Instead of acetaminophen helping, it further "taxed" her system, resulting in her death. Nobody thinks she was trying to kill herself; it was an accidental acetaminophen overdose.) That's just the type of situation that the warning cap is hoping to stop from happening in the future.
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Post by keepthefaith on Nov 30, 2013 19:41:02 GMT -5
Thanks; given all of the "new" drugs, vaccines, etc. suspected of causing LD's, including Foods & Food Dyes, this is important information. I just found out this Thanksgiving that new Moms giving birth are now being given a STREP test prior to birth of child, ie in the waiting to deliver room. My sister-in-law just had the test and they gave her a ton of antibiotics while she was pushing that 10lb baby out! Supposedly STREP is very dangerous to newborns; and my sister-in-law was not sick with Strep - she was just a "strep carrier!".
Have you heard about this? She lives in PA.
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Post by keepthefaith on Nov 30, 2013 19:42:44 GMT -5
OMG Healthy! My sincere condolences!!!!!!
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Post by dwolen on Nov 30, 2013 21:37:57 GMT -5
Pregnant women are screened for urinary/genital tract group B strep. It does not cause symptoms in the woman be is thought to be a cause newborn illness. Women are not being tested for strep throat, which is group A beta hemolytic strep, another species of strep.
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Post by dwolen on Nov 30, 2013 21:41:15 GMT -5
Pregnant women are screened for urinary/genital tract group B strep. It does not cause symptoms in the woman be is thought to be a cause newborn illness. Women are not being tested for strep throat, which is group A beta hemolytic strep, another species of strep.
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Post by sleepy on Nov 30, 2013 23:08:25 GMT -5
I was tested when I had both my children. It was common practice then.
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Post by eoffg on Dec 1, 2013 3:58:22 GMT -5
Both types of Strep are of concern, due to the fact that they are able to cross the blood-brain barrier, causing meningitis.
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Post by healthy11 on Dec 1, 2013 9:13:56 GMT -5
keepthefaith, thank you for your condolences...We actually were with my sister-in-law's family for Thanksgiving, and she commented about how they learned the deceased girl apparently had a "closet drinking" problem, because they found flasks of alcohol hidden in her room afterwards. That undoubtedly caused the liver damage to begin with, and taking Tylenol when she didn't feel well further taxed her liver, ultimately causing her death. In any case, people should be aware that acetaminophen is an ingredient in multiple "over the counter" medications, so they need to be careful about what they take.
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Post by Mayleng on Dec 1, 2013 11:23:37 GMT -5
I certainly hope they were not giving Fluoroquinolones (Cipro, Levaquin, Avelox etc) as the side effects are horrible, long term (no cure), and more common than is reported. I, myself, have suffered and contiunes to suffer for the last 3 plus years now, and know many who have been similarly affectted. Be very careful about what they give you.
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Post by Mayleng on Dec 1, 2013 11:29:48 GMT -5
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Post by keepthefaith on Dec 1, 2013 13:06:52 GMT -5
Thanks for clarifying and thanks for the link; strep was mentioned to me at my last meeting with the School Psychologist so I was very unaware about Strep's affects on children.
Kind regards,
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Post by dwolen on Dec 1, 2013 21:14:22 GMT -5
Group B strep is streptococcus agalactiae, which is generally quite sensitive to penicillin and ampicillin. IV penicillin is given in labor. When the woman is allergic to penicillin, vancomycin is given IV during labor. The floroquinolones (cipro, levoquin) are pregnancy class C, not recommended; plus there is emerging resistance to this class in group B strep.
Group A strep is strep pro
Strep pyogenies in pharyngitis (strep throat) is even more sensitive to penicillin. Unless one has a sore throat and a positive strep throat culture, group A strep progenies of the throat is not treated. Lots of folks are carriers of group A strep without symptoms, and it is not recommended that asymptomatic carriers be treated. So, unless a pregnant woman has a sore throat that resembles strep throat, a throat culture would not be done as a screening test in pregnancy.
FYY, contrary to popular belief, most cases of sore throat are viral, not caused by strep progenies (group A). !0% of adults seeking throat cultures have strep, and 25-35% of kids have positive strep throat cultures. The main reason to treat strep throat with penicillin is to prevent the 5% or less who go on to develop rheumatic fever. Penicillin therapy only shortens the illness by 1 day, from 8 days without penicillin to 7 days with penicillin. In developed countries, the virulence of strep throat has decreased a lot since the early 1900's, probably due to less over crowding in housing. In fact, there were only 200 cases of rheumatic fever reported in the US in 2010.
(However, many people do not know this. At my weekend job at Walgreen's, most of the adults coming in with sore throats are sure they need throat cultures and antibiotic therapy. If they have a runny nose, though, I often discourage testing, and I rarely treat with penicillin, unless there is a positive test. A viral sore throat is a viral sore throat is a viral sore throat.)
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