A Seattle emergency medicine doctor found that lacerations up to three inches long and bent needles embedded like fish hooks under the skin were among wounds caused by EpiPens. Photo: TNS
Quick-acting EpiPens can save kids’ lives during severe allergic reactions, but the devices may pose an unexpected risk of serious cuts and other injuries, a Seattle emergency medicine doctor has found.
More than two dozen reports of lacerations up to three inches long and bent needles embedded like fish hooks under the skin were among wounds documented after email and online surveys by Dr Julie C. Brown of Seattle Children’s Hospital in the United States.
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