We never think for a second while going to the store and buy something, over the counter. We think all these items we purchase over the counter are safe. But in reality use of some over the counter products causes serious life-threatening diseases.
Let's take a look at some of these over the counter items.
When baby going through their teething period and feel pain mom normally use oral gels to relieve the pain. These gels contain benzocaine in them, which can cause life-threatening disease of Methemoglobinemia. It is a blood disorder in which an abnormal amount of methemoglobin is produced. Which cause headaches, fatigue, and loss of consciousness, but in some cases it can cause heart disease, coma, and even death.
We all use plastic items in our daily life, even sometimes we eat and drink in them. But All these plastic items contains a toxic PVC (polyvinyl chloride). Which can trigger liver cancer, that effect lining of blood vessels. All water bottles easily available over the counter also contain a high percentage of vinyl chloride, even 100 times more than the international standard of 2 parts of vinyl chloride per billion.
In 2013 Deane Berg diagnosed with stage III ovarian cancer. She filed a lawsuit against the Johnson & Johnson because she believed that long term use of company's talcum powder "shower to shower" is the reason behind her cancer. She would routinely apply talcum powder to her vaginal area to keep it fresh. Her claims were not unique in fact, medical journals also link long term usage of talcum powder by women in the vaginal area to the development of ovarian cancer.
NSAIDs include all Painkillers and fever-reducing medicines that we use in our daily life assuming them safe. In 2003 U.S. National Library of Medicine noted a link between the usage of NSAIDs and heart diseases.
Almost all of us use cotton swabs when we feel itchy in our ear. But truth is that while using them, a little mistake punctures your ear drum. Incorrect use of cotton swab also causes Meningitis, which is a bacterial infection. Initial symptoms of meningitis are headaches, fever, or dizziness, to more serious conditions such as blood clotting, gangrene, seizures, brain swelling, and finally death.
When we feel a little hunger, we normally go to the nearest store and pick up a pack of peanuts or pistachios. But the truth is that you may be consuming dangerous levels of aflatoxins. These are a group of mycotoxins produced by Aspergillus species. This is a type of fungus which usually lives in damp soils but is known to colonize in large storages of nuts, corn, and other cereal foods. The aflatoxins cause serious conditions, such as liver cirrhosis and cancer, internal bleeding, coma, and even death.
Hand Sanitizers include Ibuprofen and sulfonamides, which cause Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a rare but deadly skin disease. In which epidermis of the skin separating from the dermis. In the top part of your skin being ripped off from your body. A lawsuit in 2003 by the parents of Samantha Reckis against Johnson & Johnson. In which they claimed that their child contracted Stevens-Johnson syndrome from taking Children’s Motrin (Ibuprofen), and subsequently lost 95% of her skin and even became blind. The judge in that case awarded in favor of Reghis for the enormous sum of $63 million.
We normally use aspirin When that terrible headache comes. But the truth is that Aspirin has been associated with a disease that causes brain and liver swelling.It causes Reye’s syndrome is a rare but serious disease in which swelling of the brain and liver occurs.
Tylenol is most popular pain relieving medication that can cause liver disease. Many victims have claimed that they sustained serious liver damage from a usage of Tylenol. The active ingredient in Tylenol is acetaminophen (paracetamol) which causes liver cancer. However, the Food and Drug Administration finds that small overdose consumption causes serious liver damage.
Almost every lady uses Tampons in their monthly cycle. But the truth is that gel matrix of the over the counter tampons makes it an ideal environment for bacterial growth. Which causes Toxic shock syndrome a deadly disease. This is so common so that tampon company such as Kotex issuing warning labels for the products with the risks of TSS associated with tampon use.
