Paracetamol: Some people generally do not like not going to the doctor. They think why go to the doctor when we have the medicine to break the disease ourselves. Instead of going to the doctor, they prefer to take over-the-counter (OTC) medicines. The specialty of these medicines is that they can be bought from medical stores without a doctor’s prescription. These OTC medicines also include a ‘paracetamol’, which is commonly used to treat problems like fever, migraine, headache, period pain, body ache, toothache, cold and flu, etc.
Admittedly, paracetamol is an over-the-counter medicine. But excessive use of any medicine can lead you towards loss. Something similar has happened with a 77-year-old man from Japan. Man ate paracetamol for 25 years to keep his mind calm. So now he has to face the wrath of overdose of this tablet.
This disease caused by overdose
According to the information, the person had a habit of consuming more paracetamol. He was doing this continuously for 25 years. Now it has come to know that he has got a fatal lung infection ‘pneumonia’, due to which he is admitted in the hospital. Although paracetamol is generally considered a safe medicine, but if it is consumed continuously for several days, then it can also have serious consequences.
The patient was admitted to the hospital with complaints of fatigue and dry cough, which he had been suffering from for five years. In the Journal of Medical Case Reports, the doctors told that they advised the patient to stop taking paracetamol medicine and take antibiotics instead.
What is pneumonia?
Pneumonia triggers inflammation of the lungs through bacterial or viral infection. This disease can occur at any age and is equally serious for all. Although pneumonia is dangerous for children and the elderly. According to the report, when the patient was asked to take antibiotics, after that the symptoms of the disease were reduced to a great extent. However, the patient started taking paracetamol again, due to which he developed pneumonia.
What are the symptoms of pneumonia?
Symptoms of pneumonia can be similar to those of a chest infection, which can develop rapidly within 24 hours. Let’s know what are its symptoms…
1. rapid breathing
2. having fever
3. Chest pain
4. loss of appetite
5. breathlessness
6. dry or wet cough
7. headache
8. bloody cough
9. palpitation
10. Shiver
11. to sweat
12. feeling wheezing
13. Tiredness
14. confusion
15. vomit
16. nausea
17. muscle pain
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