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I don't know why the achilles tendon gets so much attention when the structure you really should worry about is the aorta. Recent studies have shown a significa
by notabee 5y ago
I don't know why the achilles tendon gets so much attention when the structure you really should worry about is the aorta. Recent studies have shown a significant risk of aortic distension or rupture from fluoroquinolones. Among all the other nasty things that they do, like nerve damage.
- sterlind 5y agothe risk is especially high in the Ehlers-Danlos and Marfan syndromes. it seems to compound the connective tissue problems of those diseases and make aortic dissection far more likely.