paracetamol? Is a painkiller. Many patients believe pain but not its effect. At any effect. "Fever suppositories for children?" they say incredulously "to help me?"
But paracetamol acts. Sometimes it works even deadly.
She was a nurse, young, early 20 She had lower abdominal pain. As each month. However, they took a paracetamol tablet. Soon she felt sick and dizzy. It collapsed when the emergency bell rang at the door. Before losing consciousness, she could explain. The blood pressure sagged. Anaphylactic shock. Ventilation, cardiac massage, catecholamines, cortisol. From her apartment door to the ambulance. She was so unstable that the resuscitation was continued in RTW. Almost three hours. Unsuccessful. She died in the late afternoon, four hours after paracetamol ingestion.
What she told the emergency physician had? That she was allergic to paracetamol. That was even in their allergy identification. A few months ago it was you ever been so similar to a paracetamol. Since they had had to test it. They had hoped, anyway, the tablet is well tolerated for?
Since then the doctor prescribes medication or a bit more reserved.
Even paracetamol.
