THURSDAY, July 14, 2016 -- U.S. health officials are warning about the dangers of "medical tourism" after at least 18 women from the East Coast became infected with a disfiguring bacteria following plastic surgery procedures they had in the Dominican Republic. The infections, caused by a type of germ called mycobacteria, can be difficult to treat. At least several of the women had to be hospitalized, undergo surgery to treat the infection and take antibiotics for months, according to the report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.One expert said the effects can be devastating."It's a very mutilating infection. They're going for cosmetic surgery, and they will be scarred. It's a terrible scenario for people to go down there, get surgery and come back worse than they imagined they could be," said Dr. Charles Daley. He is a Denver infectious disease physician whose clinic has seen patients infected after undergoing these kinds of procedures in the Dominican Republic.According to the CDC, 21 women from six Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states appear to have been affected by mycobacterial infections after visiting five plastic surgery clinics in the Dominican Republic, a nation in the Caribbean. (Eighteen of the cases are confirmed, and three are considered probable.)Mycobacteria, which are found worldwide in the environment, "usually infect the skin or lungs, and are responsible for chronic and recurrent infections that are notoriously resistant to antibiotics and difficult to treat," said report co-author Dr. Douglas Esposito. He is a medical officer and epidemiologist with the CDC's Travelers' Health Branch.More than 80 percent of the infected women reported swelling, pain and scarring. Daley, who works at the National Jewish Health respiratory hospital in Denver, said infected people often need to undergo reconstructive surgery.It's not clear how the women were infected, although Daley said it's possible the bacteria entered their plastic surgery wounds through tap water or instruments used in surgery. Most underwent liposuction and at least one other surgery, such as procedures to expand the size of the breasts and buttocks, or breast reduction.Daley said his clinic has seen two patients infected after plastic surgery and consulted on a third case. It's not clear how many, if any, are among those in the CDC report.The risk of this kind of infection is higher in countries like the Dominican Republic and Brazil, he noted, but patients have become infected in the United States, too. "We are definitely seeing more of these postoperative infections, particularly ones that are related to cosmetic surgery," Daley said.The CDC report warns about the risks of medical tourism, a term that describes leaving the United States for medical procedures to save money. According to the report, many of the women -- most of whom were born in the Dominican Republic -- said they went to the country for plastic surgery to save money.People who have undergone plastic surgery in the Dominican Republic should talk to their doctor about getting tested, Daley suggested. And, people who plan to go there for a procedure should ask the clinic whether they've had infections, he added."I would never go to one of those places," he said. "I know too many stories about what's happened to people. It has ruined people's lives."The study was published online July 13 in Emerging Infectious Diseases. http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2016...-surgery-in-Dominican-Republic/5091468523610/ has the cdc warned us about copkillerbaterica syndrome ? bye bish :mwalkright:
the CDC is warning us now because cases where people leave the country for medical tourism has dramatically increased. just like how in the years leading up to the Ebola epidemic in 2014 folks who weren't medical professionals or specifically studied the disease never heard about it. this isn't a thing you can say "bye hater!" to. there are specific medical and surgical associations who set the standard for surgery and maintaining a sterile environment before, during, and after surgery to mitigate lawsuits and promote the recovery of the patient after the surgery is performed. granted, the operations are costly but at least you'll know you're in good hands. a lot of people think that when they travel outside the US, that they're just going for some breast or butt augmentation. the truth of the matter is that you can also go to get serious bacterial infections that are hard to treat. you don't know the standards these clinics are being held to. what if something happens and you die? how is your family going to sue the clinic that fucked up?
there is no proof its from d.R as if hoes from other countries couldnt have had it before they came to D.R 18 hoes isnt even 1/4 of american women who go to d.r for this type of work
Like everything in life you gotta watch out. I would surgery in DR. but for every good doctor there are the ones who X Y Z Heard bout two chicks that died when they went to DR. I heard bout messing around in Dr. I think its like 36 peso to one US Dollar. My Dominican friend told me its because people wanna get it as cheap as possible they go UCK Sanitation!! and he knew bout some deaths too!
thank you!! notice they said it happened in America and yet they concerned with a country with less than 12 million and it happen to less bitches then men on the new york knicks roster!!! foh
Doctor Carbral is the bomb BUT not worth your life. That mf don't care. So many girls died behind him. Plus their equipment is out dated and they don't follow the same health procedures.
Anyone who knowingly goes there to entrust their hard-earned coins to charlatans in the name of vanity deserves what they get, tbh. This is a developing country, you know the risks involved but you just wanna be cheap with your health and then you cry later as if you had no clue *shrug*
This country don't give a fuck about us, only about the money they can make off of us, and when I say "us" I'm talking about people who live in America. What they care about is money, money, money. I can't help but to think money, rather than the safety of the American people, is what's at the base of this story, because while yes, it can be dangerous getting surgery done in the D.R., why does this country give a flying flip when, it does not give a flying flip about Americans, only $$$. Is the U.S. mad because a lot of those U.S. dollars are going to and being spent in the D.R. Sorry, not sorry, but this is about money, not our health b/c it if was about our health, this country would not be slowly poisoning us through GMOs and farm-raised seafood, all so we could then go to the pharmaceutical industry for treatment ($$$) walking out with a prescriptions ($$$).
