| You or a loved one may have recently visited a | | | | burning, itching, skin lesions, and discolored skin spots. |
| physician for a needed MRI scan and a gadolinium | | | | Dyes typically used for an MRI scan, of which there |
| injection. This injection can be harmful and even | | | | are five, have been approved only for MRI's as |
| life-threatening because if you have any history of | | | | opposed to MRA's. |
| kidney problems, it is likely that you either have already | | | | It is now the responsibility of gadolinium manufacturers |
| contracted symptoms of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis | | | | to warn their users of the threats that the dye can |
| (NSF) or can expect to in the near future. | | | | pose. This much-needed information has only been |
| For this reason, you should act quickly to obtain further | | | | public knowledge since April 2006, and the Food and |
| medical attention that you can trust and to find a | | | | Drug Administration ordered its black-box warning less |
| lawyer who will help you fight for loss compensation. | | | | than a year ago. The timing of the discoveries, as well |
| Be warned that NSF has no known cure and that you | | | | as the known rarity of NSF (there are only several |
| only have a limited amount of time to file a lawsuit, for | | | | hundred cases of it worldwide), raises the challenges |
| which you should check your state's laws. One | | | | you are sure to face when it comes to seeking out |
| possible NSF treatment is to revisit your doctor to | | | | your deserved compensation. |
| have a sample of your blood exposed to ultraviolet | | | | When searching gadolinium lawyers, you are advised |
| light, then injected back into your bloodstream. | | | | to choose at least two or three ideal candidates for |
| Gadolinium is a dye that health care professionals use | | | | someone to be interviewed and represent you. |
| to differentiate normal from abnormal tissue. By | | | | Provide as much relevant evidence as possible, from |
| functioning properly, your kidneys would be able to get | | | | the peculiar symptoms you experience to the |
| rid of the dye in a reasonable amount of time. | | | | procedures your doctor used to diagnose your original |
| However, if anything goes wrong, there are certain | | | | illness, so the processing of your case can be finished |
| gadolinium side effects you can look for that chiefly | | | | in a timely manner. |
| include thickening skin, connective tissues, muscles, and | | | | You and your loved ones cannot afford to face what |
| or internal organs. | | | | gadolinium exposure may do to your future by |
| Other gadolinium symptoms to look for include joint | | | | threatening your life. Take necessary actions as soon |
| stiffness, yellowing spots on the eyes, bone pain, | | | | as possible. |