side effects:
In most cases, there will be side effects when taking medications and these are no exception. Some include:
· An allergic reaction (shortness of breath; closing of the throat; hives; swelling of the lips, face, or tongue; rash; or fainting);
The first time you take streptomycin or gentamicin, you may have no problems. However, your body's immune system may produce a substance (antibody) called IgE against that drug. The next time you take the drug, the IgE tells your white blood cells to make a chemical called histamine, which causes your allergy symptoms. A drug allergy may also occur without your body producing IgE. Instead, it might produce other types of antibodies, or have other reactions that do not produce antibodies.
· Little or no urine;
· Decreased hearing or ringing in the ears;
· Dizziness, clumsiness, or unsteadiness;
· Numbness, skin tingling, muscle twitching, or seizures; or
· Severe watery diarrhoea and abdominal cramps.
There may also be other side effects affecting the body system within rather than certain parts of the body. A common side effect is ototoxicity which is simply damage to the ear which is under the nervous system. Previously mentioned, a side effect is decreased hearing or ringing in the ears but other associated problems due to ototoxicity include dizziness, vertigo, ataxia and tinnitus.
Another side effect which is uncommon but can still happen is amputations. Often to stop the spread of the disease, amuptations are made so that the dead tissue do not infect the living tissue once doctors know that the dead tissue is dead and cannot be treated anymore.
· An allergic reaction (shortness of breath; closing of the throat; hives; swelling of the lips, face, or tongue; rash; or fainting);
The first time you take streptomycin or gentamicin, you may have no problems. However, your body's immune system may produce a substance (antibody) called IgE against that drug. The next time you take the drug, the IgE tells your white blood cells to make a chemical called histamine, which causes your allergy symptoms. A drug allergy may also occur without your body producing IgE. Instead, it might produce other types of antibodies, or have other reactions that do not produce antibodies.
· Little or no urine;
· Decreased hearing or ringing in the ears;
· Dizziness, clumsiness, or unsteadiness;
· Numbness, skin tingling, muscle twitching, or seizures; or
· Severe watery diarrhoea and abdominal cramps.
There may also be other side effects affecting the body system within rather than certain parts of the body. A common side effect is ototoxicity which is simply damage to the ear which is under the nervous system. Previously mentioned, a side effect is decreased hearing or ringing in the ears but other associated problems due to ototoxicity include dizziness, vertigo, ataxia and tinnitus.
Another side effect which is uncommon but can still happen is amputations. Often to stop the spread of the disease, amuptations are made so that the dead tissue do not infect the living tissue once doctors know that the dead tissue is dead and cannot be treated anymore.