Severe Hypersensitivity Reaction With Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate: A Case Report

Erythromycin is considered to be one of the safest antimicrobials exhibiting good activity against Gram-positive aerobes and some Gram-negative aerobes but rare cases of hypersensitivity reactions to erythromycin alone or with its base (esteolate or ethylsuccinate) can occur. Here, we report the case of severe hypersensitivity reaction in a female patient with upper respiratory tract infection and underwent treatment with erythromycin ethylsuccinate (400mg TDS). Twenty-four hours after the initiation of therapy with erythromycin ethylsuccinate, the patient developed severe rash starting from the nape of the neck spreading throughout the body with generalized pruritus and mild icterus. Marked improvement was noticed within 2 days after cessation of erythromycin ethylsuccinate. Physicians must be aware of the adverse effects of erythromycin ethylsuccinate before prescribing the drug

Surrogacy and women's right to health in India: Issues and perspective.

The human body is a wonderful machine. The future of child birth in the form of test tube babies, surrogate motherhood through new reproductive and cloning technology will introduce undreamt of possibilities in the sexual arena. Surrogacy is a method of assisted reproduction whereby a woman agrees to become pregnant for the purpose of gestating and giving birth to a child for others to raise. In some jurisdictions the possibility of surrogacy has been allowed and the intended parents may be recognized as the legal parents from birth. Commercial surrogacy, or "Womb for rent", is a growing business in India. In our rapidly globalizing world, the growth of reproductive tourism is a fairly recent phenomenon. Surrogacy business is exploiting poor women in country like India already having with an alarmingly high maternal death rate. This paper talks about paternity issues and women's right to health in context of surrogacy. Government must seriously consider enacting a law to regulate surrogacy in India in order to protect and guide couples going in for such an option. Without a foolproof legal framework, patients will invariably be misled and the surrogates exploited.