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Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volume  4, Issue 2, April-June 2018, Pages 160-161
 

Case Report

Naphthalene Toxicity-Winter Poison in Teenager

Kratika Sharma1, Indranil Das2, Pankaj Jhaldiyal3, Akshat Kumar4

1PGY1 2Attending Consultant 3HOD & Senior Consultant 4PGY2, Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Hospital, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.4218.17

Abstract

Introduction: Naphthalene is bicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon most commonly used as insect and moth repellent household product for storing clothes. The toxic manifestations have been proposedly due to increased free radical formation leading to lipid peroxidation and formation of epoxide and further ultimate DNA damage. Naphthalene toxicity manifests at doses ranging 5 to 15 gms to incidences as low as 2 gm have been reported in children.

Keywords: Toxicity; Non Bilious Vomiting; Headache; Cyanosis.


Corresponding Author : Kratika Sharma, PGY1, Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Hospital, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India.