Srinagar, Aug 12 (KNS): With public uproar against the use of pellet guns, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today revealed that pellets retained in body have the potential to cause severe life-threatening infections.
In a statement to KNS, expressing concern, President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan said those riddled with pellets are at increased risk of severe infections.
The nature of pellet gun wounds makes them prone to infections.
Infection is a major complication of pellet gun injuries.
Pellets can drive bacteria deep into the wound and increase infection risk.
They act as a nidus for organisms that are resistant to standard antibiotic regimens.
Several clinical and experimental studies have documented the frequent failure of antimicrobial agents to eradicate infections associated with pellets.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
Once adhered to foreign body, the microorganisms change their metabolism, becoming more resistant to antibiotics and to the host defense.
14 year old Insha is battling for life at AIIMS New Delhi as she contracted severe brain infection due to lodged in pellets.
After pellet injury, intracranial infections can occur from 3 weeks in 55% of cases to 6 weeks in 90% of cases.
If a pellet is lodged inside an air-filled bone, like the sinus in the face, the chances of infection are much higher.
In a case report, a man who had a pellet lodged in brain died of bacterial infection.
In another case, a patient developed infection 7 years after he sustained multiple pellet injuries in neck.
Lodged in pellets are potentially dangerous- “they are ticking time bombs”. (KNS)