Take Cold Medicine Improperly Can Lead to Renal Failure
There are two types of Renal Failure: acute and chronic. Acute Renal Failure progresses quickly. It can be caused by insufficient blood circulation or a blockage that affects the normal flow.
Be careful when taking cold medicine. Otherwise, the cold won’t be treated and it would lead to Renal Failure. The following is a case of Renal Failure caused by improper intake of cold medicine.
Condition of the patient: Last week Mr. Wu suddenly got diarrhea and a fever. In order to not impact his work, he took three pieces of antidiarrheal and several paracetamol. The condition did not improve. What’s worse, there appear vomiting, nausea and then blood urine. He was diagnosed to be Acute Renal Failure when he went to hospital to take a test.
It is said by the experts that it is not rare some Acute Renal Failure are caused by improper intake of cold medicine or painkiller. There is a process for the buildup of toxin. Due to individual difference, the onset process can be short or long. The symptoms are mainly acratia and nausea, which are easily to be ignored. As a result, when there are some strong reactions, the disease has developed into Chronic Renal Failure.
Experts remind that at present, there are lots of cold medicines, but most of the ingredients are similar and there are slight differences in the effects. If taking more than two kinds of cold medicines at the same time, it is amount to increase the dose and the risk of adverse reaction will be doubled. There are more than 30 kinds of compound cold medicine. Compound cold medicines containing paracetamol are no less than 30 types. Some patents are eager to relieve the symptoms so that they take several cold medicines containing paracetamol at the same time. In this situation, it may cause serious damage to liver, so patients should take medicine according to the doctor’s advice.
Tips from experts: When catching a cold, patients can choose a kind of medicine according to their main symptom, but they can not take cold medicine and painkiller at the same time. During taking medicine, patients should understand the following four questions: When should they begin to take medicine and how long should they take medicine? What kind of side effects does the medicine have? What food, drink, western medicine or Chinese medicine should the patients avoid when taking some medicine? What should they do if they forget to take medicine?
Drugs like coated tablets, capsule, sugar coated tablets should be taken according to the instruction. Generally, these drugs can not be crushed, if crushed or chewed, the structure will be destroyed. As a result, it can reduce the effect of the medicine, stimulate oral cavity and mucous membrane as well as produce toxical side effects.
Do not eat these medicines together:
Drugs like Quick cold capsule, white and black cold medicine, Tylenol, Compound Paracetamol and Zinc Gluconate Tablets, all contain paracetamol.
Compound Paracetamol and Zinc Gluconate Tablets, KD, Compound Paracetamol Caffeine and Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride Capsules, Ganmaotong Tablet etc have similar ingredients.
Aspirin, painkiller, paracetamol, gentamicin and kanamycin etc can cause kidney toxicity.
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