Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Paracetamol can cause asthma


Paracetamol is very common drug used in every household for many years. It is mainly used to control high fever. But now the scenario has changed. It is found from a study that the medicine Paracetamol can be a cause of asthma later. It may decrease tenderness and body heat within few minutes.

But the unfavorable effect may be elevated day by day. A study done by Chest research foundation has stated the assumption. This experiment is about to be revealed at European Respiratory Society Congress. Whole effort of Dr. Rahul Kodgule and Dr Bill Brashier did an experiment called impulse oscillometry.

The experiment shows that paracetamol amplifies congestion in trachea and causing gentle asthma in lungs. The experiment was done on 20 people and after the treatment of paracetamol drug 15 out of 20 test patients developed gentle asthma. It is a key factor to worry that every other home is giving their children a dosage of paracetamol when they suffer from fever worldwide.

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