The cessation of Vincent Lambert’s care began on Monday, measles during pregnancy can lead to serious complications and fatty liver disease is diagnosed too late in diabetics. Here is the main news.
Vincent Lambert case: the cessation of care began on Monday
“The cessation of treatment” and “deep and continuous sedation” were “initiated this morning”, indicated Doctor Sanchez, head of the palliative care department where Vincent Lambert is located, in an email addressed to the family, according to the AFP. “In this painful period, I hope for Mr. Vincent Lambert that everyone will be able to open a parenthesis and come together, with him, so that these moments are as peaceful, intimate and personal as possible”. This decision, validated at the end of April by the Council of State after a long legal battle between the members of the family, therefore provides for the stopping of the machines intended to hydrate and feed it, as well as the administration ofpainkillers “as a precaution”. Because even if his deep neurovegetative state makes it possible to affirm that he does not feel any pain, who can really be certain? Victim of a car accident in 2008, the latter has been in a vegetative state for more than 10 years and cannot move, speak or swallow… To read more, click here.
Measles during pregnancy can lead to serious complications
While the WHO deplores a strong resurgence of measles cases in the world, the review BMJ Medicine reports the case of a 27-year-old British woman who was seven months pregnant and who contracted measles and whose health conditions deteriorated very rapidly. The young woman is admitted to a hospital with a fever, sore throat and high heart rate accompanied by a rash from her palms to her face. Doctors first think of a viral infection like the flu. The rash looked very little like the typical measles rash. Measles is therefore at the bottom of the list of possible diagnoses. To learn more, click here.
NASH: fatty liver disease is diagnosed too late in diabetics
Diabetics have a significantly higher risk of developing non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a vector of cirrhosis and liver cancer, according to a new study. However, many patients are diagnosed too late, at an advanced stage of the disease. To reach these conclusions, the medical records of 18 million Europeans were analysed. More than 136,000 patients have been identified as having type 2 diabetes. These were twice as likely to develop aggressive liver disease. Patients with NASH were five times more likely to have cirrhosis and three times more likely to have liver cancer. We tell you more in our article.
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