Snakebite Envenoming: Fast facts
Snakebite envenoming is the disease that result when a snake injects poisonous venom, in sufficient amounts, following a bite. The snake bite prevalence in poor countries is dire relative to …
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First aid: Snake bite
Basic First Aid : • Immediately seek medical assistance especially if the area changes color, begins to swell or is painful • Don’t try to capture the snake. Try to …
Read MoreAdverse Effects of Insulin Therapy
Hypoglycemia Hypoglycemia is a condition caused by a very low level of blood sugar (glucose), your body’s main energy source. It is the most serious adverse effect of insulin …
Read MoreInorganic Phosphide Rodenticides Are Not Superwarfarin-Anticoagulants
Aluminium, magnesium and zinc phosphide are highly toxic inorganic phosphides commonly used in rodenticides, insecticides and fumigants by agricultural communities. Because of their low unit cost, they are widely used pesticides. …
Read MoreCarcinogens and How They Cause Cancer
Carcinogens do not cause cancer at all times, under all circumstances. In other words, a carcinogen does not always cause cancer in every person, every time there is any kind …
Read MoreCotrimoxazole
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, also known as co-trimoxazole, is an antimicrobial used to treat and prevent many bacterial infections. Trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole inhibit bacterial synthesis of tetrahydrofolic acid, the physiologically active form of …
Read MoreWhy Dopamine antagonists are unsafe anti-emetics in poison-induced acute kidney failure
Nausea and vomiting are feared and frequently very distressing symptoms that have multiple triggers including drugs and poisons, motion, pregnancy, anxiety, vestibular disease, and gastrointestinal pathology. Three primary pathophysiologic pathways …
Read MoreWhy it is dangerous to drink methylated spirit
Methylated spirits also called denatured alcohol, is alcohol (60-90% ethanol, propanol, or isopropanol) that has additives to make it poisonous, bad tasting, foul smelling or nauseating and render it unsuitable …
Read MoreThe Salient Facts about Food Poisoning
Food poisoning is an acute illness that usually results from the consumption of food or water contaminated with bacteria and/or their toxins, parasites (e.g., E. histolytica), viruses, or chemicals. The …
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