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28. WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE DO QUINOLONE ANTIBIOTICS CAUSE?

This class of antibiotics has very characteristic ways of causing injuries:

IMPORTANT FACT:

Pain and disability caused by quinolones is very long lasting and affects many parts of the body. In favorable cases recovery takes several months to years. In severe reactions pain and injuries can last for life.

* quinolones damage the central and peripheral nervous systems

* quinolones damage small veins and arteries (vascular disorder of the vasa vasorum and vasa nervorum) and the surrounding matter of all organ cells (extra-cellular matrix)

* quinolones impair the rebuilding and repairing capacity of tissues, specially connective-collagenous

* quinolones chemically destroy important structures, like cartilage

There are many other mechanisms of quinolone assault on the human body (for instance, liver, kidney, pancreas and heart reactions, all of which can be serious or even fatal), but they are not the focus of the present report.

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