what are the medical complications associated with cocaine use?

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Answer 1

Many: Cardiovascular, pulmonary, gasrtrointestinal, neurological , psychiatric , obstetric . Can cause mi, hypertension, hemoptsis, pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax, cerebrovascular accidents, in regards to obstetrics beside babies going into withdrawal yhey can be small for gestational age . To summarize not a good thing to use or abuse

Answer 2

You name it: Iv coke- aids, hep b/c, endocarditis, brain abscess, pneumonia, lung abscess, small and large vessel vasculitis, local infection, bone abscess; snorted- perforated nasal septum, sinusitis, uri; smoked- "crack" lung, a lung disease marked by widespread lung scarring all coke - psychosis, paranoia, schizophrenia-like disorder, homicide, suicide, aggression, violence, depression, heart attack, death.

Answer 3

Breathing difficulty: You should get medical attention if your baby is not getting better with home treatments, is having difficulty breathing, sounds noisy when inhaling (stridor), is using the muscles in between the ribs to breathe (retractions), is turning blue, is drooling or having trouble swallowing.

Answer 4

Difficulty breathing: The key is looking for difficulty in breathing. Loud breathing means very little in respiratory infections, and the real key is how difficult is the children breathing. If the child begins to breath in a "heavy, harder, faster, can't catch my breath" breathing pattern, then you need to seek medical attention asap.

Answer 5

Daytime symptoms: Croup is generally worse during the night - hormones produced by the body which suppress inflammation are lower at night, resulting in increased swelling in the airway and worsening of croup symptoms. During the day, inflammation is lower. If a baby has noisy breathing and barky cough during the day when inflammation is lowest, baby is more likely to have trouble at night. See your pediatrician.

Answer 6

Not the Sound: A classic sound described as a seal bark or dog bark. Usually worse at nite and 1st thing in the morning.It can be confirmed by your pediatrician. Learn to ignore the sound, but judge the severity by the discomfort of the child.Mild discomfort may respond to steaming the bathroom or a walk outside, more severe breathing trouble needs seen asap in the local er.The root infection is a cold virus.

Answer 7

If mild: Croup is usually mild illness managed at home. Help with cool mist, placing child near vaporizer.If you do not have a cool mist vaporizer, even a simple humidifier in child’s bedroom may be helpful. Seek ER if cool mist not clearing up stridor in 15 minutes, repeated episodes of stridor or trouble breathing child’s chest or stomach retracting, bluish lips,lethargy,drooling,neck pain,stiffness

Answer 8

No: I would not use them in place of medical oxygen.

Answer 9

Absolutely not: Oxygen bars needlessly separate you from your money, or are just downright harmful. Life evolved to tolerate oxygen long before it evolved to thrive in it. As such, most life on land does best when o2 is at environmental levels (21%). Higher levels can be toxic and, over a long time, accelerate aging. Fortunately, most o2 bars "sell" air identical to what you breath on a city street.

Answer 10

Mountain sickness: Symptoms can range from mild to severe. Initially, there may be dizziness, lightheadedness, fatigue, nausea, loss of appetite, rapid pulse, and shortness of breath w/exertion. Later there can be chest tightness, blue skin discoloration (cyanosis), confusion, cough, coughing up blood, withdrawal from social interaction, and shortness of breath @ rest. Worst stage is coma and death.

Answer 11

ASAP : You should seek to start prenatal care as soon as you know you are pregnant. Early prenatal care assures prevention of complications.

Answer 12

See below: Not necessarily. It would depend on a lot of factors. Especially, why the apgar scores were low. The first score represents how the bay did with delivery. The second score reflects the baby's health.

Answer 13

See below. : Not necessarily. There are many reasons for a low apgar, including maternal history, and fetal conditions which may be secondary to congenital syndromes, or even prematurity. These as well as others should be taken into account and discussed with a medical professionals who has access to both maternal and fetal/infant's medical records.

Answer 14

Bizarre question: Why would a score based on the condition of the baby at 1/5/10 minutes be able to define the complex issue of malpractice?Would the low score of in a baby with cord wrapped around the neck 5 times, or the floppy 30 wk premi, or the meconium stained infant be the doc's fault? The score is a gauge of how fast and much support a newborn needs at birth, nothing more.

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