4-year-old’s coronavirus symptoms worsen after taking ibuprofen

[mystery-ak]

 4-year-old’s coronavirus symptoms worsen after taking ibuprofen

By Kate Sheehy

March 17, 2020 | 12:15pm

A 4-year-old British girl suffering from coronavirus-like symptoms grew worse after taking ibuprofen, her family said.

As health experts hotly debate whether the anti-inflammatory medicine should be taken to combat the contagion, Dan Collins of Bristol posted a dire warning on Facebook about his little girl Amelia.

“To those of you that have children please read. If your child has symptoms of corona virus, DO NOT give them ibuprofen,” Collins wrote.

“Amelia’s been unwell since Tuesday, cough, fever, cold. This morning she came into my room and got into my bed burning hot and not wanting to get up,” he wrote Sunday.

“Within an hour of giving her [ibuprofen] she dropped dramatically. She was panting while trying to breathe, her heart rate was very rapid, she couldn’t keep her eyes open, couldn’t lift her head up, her body was shaking, she started being sick on herself and her temperature had risen.

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[mountaineer]

Not necessarily corona symptoms, I'd say. I'll wait for a medical opinion.

[mountaineer]

Here's some non-anecdotal evidence, perhaps:

Covid-19: 'Ibuprofen can worsen infection'
 Sarah Smith (SA)
Sat 14 Mar 2020 16h19

France’s Health Minister has today issued advice not to take anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen or cortisone to treat the possible symptoms of Covid-19 as these could actually worsen the infection.

Minister Olivier Véran instead recommends fighting any fever, one of the symptoms of the coronavirus, with paracetamol. ...

"Anti-inflammatory drugs have an immunosuppressive effect" – ie. they inhibit the activity of the immune system - "which promotes infections. They have a 'booster' effect," Alexandre Bleibtreu, an infectious diseases doctor at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, told the French news source FranceInfo.

Paracetamol does not act on the same pathways as the anti-inflammatory drugs and therefore does not present the same risks, added Mr Bleibtreu. "The only side effects are in the case of liver pathologies and exceeding the recommended doses." ...

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Paracetamol is Tylenol.

[Hoodat]

Here's some non-anecdotal evidence, perhaps:Full story

Paracetamol is Tylenol.

Paracetamol does not have any anti-inflamatory properties, and can damage the liver and kidneys in high doses.  I'll stick with aspirin.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Paracetamol does not have any anti-inflamatory properties, and can damage the liver and kidneys in high doses.  I'll stick with aspirin.

Tylenol is poison.  It's doubtful the FDA would approve Tylenol if they applied for it today.  It can damage the liver in small doses.

[TomSea]

For the record, I posted a thread last night of a Doctor warning of the uses of Ibuprofen during this crisis:

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,395212.0.html

No need to merge, they can all probably be merged with the big thread in a couple of days.

[DB]

Paracetamol does not have any anti-inflamatory properties, and can damage the liver and kidneys in high doses.  I'll stick with aspirin.

I used aspirin for a bad case of the flu in the late 1990's and ended up in the emergency room throwing up blood. Literally. Aspirin has to be taken with food. I couldn't eat food because I threw up if I did. I learned my lesson the hard way and I wouldn't recommend repeating it...

[Smokin Joe]

Paracetamol does not have any anti-inflamatory properties, and can damage the liver and kidneys in high doses.  I'll stick with aspirin.

Yep. Failing that I'll risk the cougars in the willows by the river and go strip some bark.