Giving babies in Spain a wrong drug has led to excessive and abnormal growth of hair on the face, back and other areas of their bodies, known as "hypertrichosis syndrome".
According to the newspaper "El Pais" and several other newspapers in Spain on Wednesday that 17 children have been infected with the so-called "wolves syndrome", ie, semi-wolves, as a result of this drug.
Newspapers were based on Spanish authorities and parents of injured children.
"A lot of hair grew all over my son's body, in the forehead, cheeks, arms, legs and hands ... His eyebrow was like an adult eyebrow, causing us a lot of fear because we weren't," El Pais quoted Angela Celis, from Granada, as saying. We know what's wrong. "
Celis explained that her son was only six months old when he began abnormal hair growth.
what happened?
The health authorities in Spain explained that the error was caused by the distribution of the drug company "Comica Sur" by mistake, several batches of the drug Minoxidil used in the treatment of blood pressure, and is also used against hair loss, in the casing of omeprazole, an effective acid inhibitory stomach and also used Against ulcers and indigestion.
After the first case of the wrong treatment, in April, the Spanish AEMPS took over the cause of the problem, and reached the cause of the problem and ordered in early August to withdraw all drugs distributed in the wrong packaging.
The Authority also ordered the indefinite closure of the real estate manufacturer due to a serious non-compliance with the control regulations.
It is not excluded that the number of children affected by the wrong drug more than 17 children, where he revealed on Tuesday a new case, although the relevant bodies have been investigating the matter for several months.
Prosecution began in the Cantabria region.
"There are no known cases of young children taking such minoxidil in scientific literature," El Pais reported.
Parents of some of the infected children told El Pais that hair growth began to slow slowly in their children after they stopped giving them the wrong medication. "But the hair is falling very slowly. The doctor said it could take several months, until the children get back to normal," said a mother. She gave the wrong medicine to her son against acidity, without knowing, for months.
The competent Spanish authorities reassured parents of the condition of their children, stressing that although the possibility of various side effects of the drug Minoxidil, but it does not cause permanent damage.
The syndrome of "hypertrichosis" at the popular level is known as the "wolves syndrome."
Some people may be born with a particular genetic defect that leads to excessive hair growth, which is rare, but can also result from taking certain drugs, as with minoxidil.