Antibiotic causes loss of vision

A drug that is used in the treatment of such atypical diseases as Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), called ethambutol, has been found to cause reversible visual disturbances if taken daily. Regular eye tests are required for people on ethambutol to detect early signs of ocular toxicity, including disturbed vision, loss of visual acuity, obscured visual fields, and color blindness. MAC causes disease in the lung, bone, joints, lymph nodes, and skin, and is a highly resistant bacteria, that is sensitive to ethambutol. MAC lung disease has an insidious onset that presents with a productive cough.

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Related Disease Topics:

• Mycobacterium avium complex
• Ocular toxicity
• Lung disease
• Bone disease
• Joint disease
• Lymph node disease
• Skin disease

Related Symptom Topics:

• Visual disturbance
• Disturbed vision
• Loss of visual acuity
• Obscured visual fields
• Color blindness
• Productive cough

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About: Antibiotic causes loss of vision

Date: 15 July 2005

Source: Medical News Today

URL: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=27485

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Cause of visual disturbance
• Cause of disturbed vision
• Cause of loss of visual acuity
• Cause of obscured visual fields
• Cause of color blindness
• Cause of productive cough
• Cause of Mycobacterium avium complex
• Cause of ocular toxicity
• Cause of lung disease
• Cause of bone disease
• Cause of joint disease
• Cause of lymph node disease
• Cause of skin disease
• Side effects
• Side effects and visual disturbance
• Side effects and disturbed vision
• Side effects and loss of visual acuity
• Side effects and obscured visual fields
• Side effects and color blindness
• Side effects and productive cough
• Risk and visual disturbance
• Risk and disturbed vision
• Risk and loss of visual acuity
• Risk and obscured visual fields
• Risk and color blindness
• Risk and ethambutol
• Medication
• Medication and visual disturbance
• Medication and disturbed vision
• Medication and loss of visual acuity
• Medication and obscured visual fields
• Medication and color blindness
• Medication and productive cough
• Mycobacterium avium complex
• Medication and ocular toxicity
• Medication and lung disease
• Medication and bone disease
• Medication and joint disease
• Medication and lymph node disease
• Medication and skin disease

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