Explaining Fluoroquinolone Toxicity
It is difficult to describe what Fluoroquinolone Toxicity
feels like to someone who doesn’t know or who doesn’t suffer from this.
Imagine going for a long run. Your ankles and legs are
burning and your muscles are screaming. Except that you didn’t go running. That
is what tendinitis feels like. Now imagine someone kicking you. That’s what a
rupture feels like.
Think of the last time you got stung by a bee. Now amplify
that by a thousand. Add the sensation of walking on tacks or legos. Then
imagine being struck by lightning. That’s what peripheral neuropathy feels
like.
Reflect on the last time you had a sleepless night, staring
at the clock, and you’re tired to exhaustion. Now imagine that every night.
That’s what insomnia feels like.
Picture sitting outside on a summer night with cicadas
singing in the distance. Except that chirping is constant and deafeningly
amplified. That’s what tinnitus is like.
Have you ever been to the desert or dry climate? Your eyes
are dry; so dry that it is painful. Imagine running sandpaper on your eyeballs.
No matter how many times you make yourself blink or you try to get relief with
eye drops, nothing helps. Now imagine that all day, every day. That’s what dry
eyes and lack of tear production feel like.
What about having food poisoning? You feel dehydrated, you
can’t keep food down, you’re crampy, and nauseous. That’s what chronic and
persistent gastric problems feel like.
Picture a person coming to you saying that they have a pet unicorn
who speaks 10 languages, farts water balloons, got abducted by plaid colored
aliens dressed in Wonder Woman costumes, and that they work as a CIA operative
trained to kill weeds. Imagine the look
you’d give that person. That is what it feels like to not be believed by the
medical community despite documented evidence that fluoroquinolone antibiotics
cause every one of the symptoms listed above- and more. Only Fluoroquinolone
Toxicity is very real, and patients are often dismissed as crazy. Heart disease
is real. Diabetes is real. Cancer is real. Asthma is real. Depression is real.
So is Fluoroquinolone Toxicity.
How can you help someone who suffers with this?
The single most important thing you can do is believe them.
Second to that, educate
yourself.
Nobody chooses to feel like this or to be in pain. Suffering
with this robs people of careers, family, sanity, and hope. Nobody deserves
that.
You are welcome to contact us at Quinolone Vigilance
Foundation and we will be happy to answer your questions and educate you on
this if you’d like to learn more.
Sincerely,
Rachel Brummert
President/Executive Director
Quinolone Vigilance Foundation
609-575-9839
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