Viagra may save the lives of premature babies
Viagra is known for its anti-impotence effect on males. But did you know that it also can save lives of premature babies?
English doctors gave the drug to Lewis Goodfellow, who was born at 24 weeks, weighing just one pound, eight ounces (780 grams), as one of his lungs failed and not enough oxygen was getting into his bloodstream. The drug worked as a vasodilator and opened up tiny blood vessels in his lungs, allowing oxygen to be captured and flow around the body.
In an interview by AFP to his parents, they said that they could not put into words how they feel. “The doctors are worth their weight in gold. We admire each and every one of them for what they have done.”
This recent discovery gives way to the possibility of Viagra to be a treatment of choice to premature babies.
