Baby Suffering From A Serious Heart Ailment Survives After Taking The Anti-Impotence Drug Viagra
Date: 2nd July 2009
According to a striking revelation, Alfie Oliver, a little boy in the grip of a serious heart problem obtained considerable relief from his heart disorder after he was administered the erectile dysfunction medicine Viagra, he and is now ready to celebrate his first birthday.
Sources reveal that when Alfie Oliver was born, his two principal arteries were reversed and as soon as he became 16 days` old, he was made to undergo an operation in which the position of his arteries was changed. However, the little boy was operated upon again when he was three months and during this specific operation, he fell prey to a heart attack and as a consequence was placed under intensive care. However, the baby was taken to a children's hospital after doctors reported that the chances of his survival were very less and there it was diagnosed that baby was suffering from pulmonary hypertension, a disorder that increases blood pressure by narrowing blood vessels around the lungs.
When the baby Alfie Oliver was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension, the doctors prescribed him the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra, to be given six times on a daily basis to facilitate blood circulation throughout his blood vessels and strikingly, with the help of Viagra, the little baby got a new lease of life.
As revealed by Alfie Oliver's 26-year-old mother Tracey to the British newspaper Sun, it is known that Tracey as well as her husband Rob was totally stunned when the doctors administered Viagra to their baby because they had never thought of Viagra as a medicine for babies. However, Alfie Oliver's mother adds that she as well as her husband doesn't mind the fact that Viagra is being administered to their baby and considers the medicine to be Alfie Oliver's lifesaving drug.
Further, sources make it apparent that baby Alfie Oliver is still being subjected to regular medical examination and it is not known for how long he would have to continue his treatment that involves taking liquid Viagra for six times on a daily basis.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ |