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This is the most important part > Predisposing factors included a remote history of gastric bypass and recent prolonged antibiotic therapy I knew as soon as I
by stevebmark 3y ago
This is the most important part
> Predisposing factors included a remote history of gastric bypass and recent prolonged antibiotic therapy
I knew as soon as I saw it, and the keyword confirms it: a fluoroquinolone, moxifloxacin was used.
FQs like cipro and levaquin are well documented to cause permanent full body damage through all sorts of mechanisms. Including acute kidney injury https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3708027/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3708027/
And the effects are worse for older populations.
The diet was likely unrelated to the kidney injury.
- andrewl 3y agoIt could have been the diet, the fluoroquinolone, or both. YC News has a good bit of discussion on the damage fluoroquinolones can do, and it’s worth reading.