My Mother Aged 80 Years Had A Head Injury On Falling At Home. Except The Wound There Are No Other Effects Or Fractures. She Has Been Given Metrogyl Injection IV. Before This Incident She Was Suffering From Hyponatremia And Mild Blood Sugar. Now She Is Suffering From Unstable Serum Sodium And Diabetes. Is This Variation Due To The Effects Of The Antibiotic?

Posted on Wed, 15 Aug 2018

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Question : My mother aged 80 years had a head injury on falling at home. except the wound there are no other effects or fractures. she has been given metrogyl injection IV. Before this incident she was suffering from hyponatremia and mild blood sugar. Now she is suffering from unstable serum sodium and diabetes. Is this variation due to the effects of the antibiotic?

Answered by Dr. Vaishalee Punj (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Metrogyl can affect pancreas

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

There is evidence in medical research to suggest the use of antibiotics and increased risk of diabetes type 2. Normal flora in human gut can influence nutrients. Antibiotics can alter the normal flora and increase the risk of type 2 diabetes.

Another possibility is that metrogyl can cause inflammation of pancreas and result in type 2 diabetes.

Metrogyl can cause diarhea or decrease urine output temporarily and result in electrolyte disturbances.

Such disturbances are usually temporary and body restores its balance after medicine is stopped.

Hope this helps. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Dr Vaishalee

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar