Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Aug 12: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today revealed that pellets retained in body of injured persons have the potential to cause severe life-threatening infections.
Expressing concern, the DAK president Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan said those riddled with pellets are at increased risk of severe infections.”The nature of pellet gun wounds makes them prone to infections. Infection is a major complication of pellet gun injuries. Pellets can drive bacteria deep into the wound and increase infection risk,” he said.
Dr Nisar said that 14 year-old Insha is battling for life at AIIMS New Delhi as she contracted severe brain infection due to lodged in pellets.”After pellet injury, intracranial infections can occur from 3 weeks in 55% of cases to 6 weeks in 90% of cases. If a pellet is lodged inside an air-filled bone, like the sinus in the face, the chances of infection are much higher,” he said.
In a case report, a man who had a pellet lodged in brain died of bacterial infection, said the DAK president, adding that in another case, a patient developed infection 7 years after he sustained multiple pellet injuries in neck.
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