A woman in Sydney is hospitalized in the intensive care unit with suspected botulism after receiving an unregulated Botox injection. NSW Health issued a public health alert, warning that others may have been exposed and urging people to seek cosmetic injections only from authorized practitioners. Botulism is a serious condition caused by a toxin that attacks the body's nerves and can be fatal.
A woman has been hospitalised with a deadly condition after a dodgy anti-wrinkle injection in Sydney. She remains in the intensive care unit, where she is being treated for a suspected case of botulism after she received an unregulated botox shot in the last two weeks from a person in residential premises, NSW Health said on Friday. The case has prompted a public health alert , as NSW Health Executive Director Health Protection Dr Jeremy McAnulty said “others could have been exposed”.
For wound botulism, symptoms can occur between four days and two weeks after the injection. “In this particular case , investigations are continuing, but we want people to be aware of the symptoms of botulism,” McAnulty said. “Botulism, although rare, can be fatal, which is why it is so important that anyone receiving cosmetic injections does so under the supervision of an appropriately registered health practitioner.
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