Woman experiences fainting and breathing issues after medication, Georgetown TN


A 21-year-old woman near Reserve Dr NW has repeated fainting, labored breathing, tingling in hands, and possible airway obstruction after starting doxycycline. She previously passed out for 30 minutes while eating yogurt.
Audio|Source: Bradley County & Cleveland Fire
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Transcript:
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near Reserve Dr NW.
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near Reserve Dr NW.
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She's a 100-pound 21-year-old patient.
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She started doxycycline last Saturday and has been passing out ever since.
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Like she's having a reaction to it or having all the symptoms from it.
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We're still on phone getting further.
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516, just an update.
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The caller seeing that the patient's breathing is somewhat labored in her hands or tingly and has happened twice in the last half hour.
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And when she does it, it sounds like she's gagging and choking.
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She'll be some sort of airway obstruction.
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They were feeding her yogurt.
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She started gagging and passed out for 30 minutes.
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I copy
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16 That was correct
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516 You say that this patient was 21, 21 years old, is that correct?
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That is correct, 21.
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Okay.
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Location mentioned:
Near Reserve Dr NW, Georgetown, TN 37336
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