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Naphthalene Toxicity-Winter Poison in Teenager

Kratika Sharma, PGY1, Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Hospital, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India. , Kratika Sharma1 , Indranil Das2 , Pankaj Jhaldiyal3 , Akshat Kumar4

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Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine 4(2):p 160-161, April-June 2018. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.4218.17

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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.

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