{"id":507171,"date":"2026-05-28T16:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/507171\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:30:19","slug":"is-botox-safe-anymore-ukhsa-issues-warning-after-suspected-botulism-cases-5-things-to-keep-in-mind-while-getting-beauty-jabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/507171\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200bIs Botox safe anymore? UKHSA issues warning after suspected botulism cases: 5 things to keep in mind while getting beauty jabs\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\">Is Botox Safe in the UK After Suspected Botulism Cases? Here\u2019s What You Need to Know Before Getting Cosmetic Injections<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\">There\u2019s a growing health scare in the UK right now, and it\u2019s got everything to do with cosmetic \u201cbeauty jabs.\u201d As per the BBC, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has just flagged several suspected botulism cases tied to Botox-like treatments, mainly in Leeds, reminding us all that the price of \u201ca little freshening up\u201d can be way steeper than anyone bargained for. If you\u2019ve had Botox or similar injections recently and start having trouble swallowing, find your words slurring, or notice any breathing issues, get medical help right away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\">This warning isn\u2019t about old-fashioned food poisoning or a bad oyster. It\u2019s &#8220;iatrogenic botulism&#8221;, which is botulism caused by medical or cosmetic treatments, in this case (the toxin is normally used in incredibly tiny, controlled doses for beauty treatments, but that control can break down if the product is unlicensed or fake).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is Botox Safe in the UK After Suspected Botulism Cases? Here\u2019s What You Need to Know Before Getting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[275],"tags":[220132,220127,220128,220129,18,135,475,474,220130,19,17,21373,220131],"class_list":["post-507171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-beauty-jabs","tag-botox-safety","tag-botulism-warning","tag-cosmetic-injections","tag-eire","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-iatrogenic-botulism","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-plastic-surgery","tag-suspected-botulism-cases"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116653158333136819","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}