Turpentine poisoning
Turpentine is a colorless liquid with a characteristic penetrating odor that is obtained from the distillation of resin from pine trees. Turpentine derived its name from its major chemical ingredient, …
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Atropine overdose and Treatment
Atropine, a competitive muscarinic receptor antagonist, is most commonly used in the treatment of organophosphate poisoning; to reverse bradycardia including that of amitraz poisoning; to prevent secretions prior to induction …
Read MoreParaquat Poisoning
Paraquat, a bipyridyl herbicide (weed killer), is a highly toxic chemical that’s used in Kenyan farms primarily for weed and grass control. Paraquat is marketed under a number of brand names …
Read MoreVitamin A toxicity
Vitamin A toxicity, also called hypervitaminosis A, is a serious and even life-threatening condition. It is mainly due to excessive dietary intake in animal foods (liver, fish oil), fortified foods, and sometimes …
Read MoreKuber is just as addictive and dangerous
In most parts of the world tobacco is used for smoking, whereas, in Kenya, tobacco is used for smoking as well as other diverse smokeless forms. Smokeless tobacco products range …
Read MoreWhy prolonged high dose vitamin K is needed for anticoagulant rat poison
Warfarin was the first anticoagulant to be used against animal pests in the 1940s. With time however rodents developed resistance to it. Long-acting anticoagulants (the so-called superwarfarins) such as brodifacoum, …
Read MoreMethylated Spirits Is Poisonous Alcohol
There is a new trend among students, particularly secondary school students, in Nandi County-and probably elsewhere- to use cheap psychotropic substances including Kuber tobacco in addition to alcoholic beverages. As …
Read MoreAspiration Pneumonia
Aspiration pneumonia is a type of lung infection due to a relatively large amount of material from the stomach or mouth/nasal pharynx entering the lungs. There are four types of …
Read MoreWhy rabies immunoglobulins should always be used in combination with rabies vaccine
Rabies is a viral infection transmitted in the saliva of infected mammals (dog, bat etc) through contact with open cuts or wounds in skin or mucous membranes-genitalia, eyes, nose and …
Read MoreParacetamol poisoning; What you should know
Medication overdoses are the most common type of poisoning in developed nations though it is slowly becoming an important public health concern in developing countries such as Kenya. Paracetamol is …
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