Paracetamol is most commonly used medicine by doctors for simple to high fever, anti-inflammatory and as the pain reliever, often patients use it themselves by taking it over the counter without consulting a physician. Mostly it is safe and doesn't produce much side effect but in some it can be very lethal and may cause fatal Liver injury but such injury is often reversible if timely we can detect it, Scientist have developed three Blood markers which if raised signify that liver is injured and rising titre indicate progression of disease and decrease indicate improvement. "Paracetamol overdose is very common and presents a large workload for already over-stretched emergency departments.
These new blood tests can identify who will develop liver injury as soon as they first arrive at the hospital. This could transform the care of this large, neglected, patient group," said one of the…
