Nicholas
January 4th 2006, 12:04 AM
Bug mutates into medical mystery
Antibiotics, heartburn drugs suspected
By Rob Stein
Updated: 2:25 a.m. ET Dec. 30, 2005
WASHINGTON - First came stomach cramps, which left Christina Shultz doubled over and weeping in pain. Then came nausea and fatigue -- so overwhelming she couldn't get out of bed for days. Just when she thought things couldn't get worse, the nastiest diarrhea of her life hit -- repeatedly forcing her into the hospital.
Doctors finally discovered that the 35-year-old Hilliard, Ohio, woman had an intestinal bug that used to be found almost exclusively among older, sicker patients in hospitals and was usually easily cured with a dose of antibiotics. But after months of treatment, Shultz is still incapacitated.
Source and More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10644538/
This is truly interesting, the overuse of antibiotics may be causing more problems than we had once thought.
Antibiotics, heartburn drugs suspected
By Rob Stein
Updated: 2:25 a.m. ET Dec. 30, 2005
WASHINGTON - First came stomach cramps, which left Christina Shultz doubled over and weeping in pain. Then came nausea and fatigue -- so overwhelming she couldn't get out of bed for days. Just when she thought things couldn't get worse, the nastiest diarrhea of her life hit -- repeatedly forcing her into the hospital.
Doctors finally discovered that the 35-year-old Hilliard, Ohio, woman had an intestinal bug that used to be found almost exclusively among older, sicker patients in hospitals and was usually easily cured with a dose of antibiotics. But after months of treatment, Shultz is still incapacitated.
Source and More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10644538/
This is truly interesting, the overuse of antibiotics may be causing more problems than we had once thought.