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Sewer gas is a byproduct of the breakdown of natural human waste. Some of the components are not inherently toxic. The non-toxic gases cause injury by creating an oxygen-deficient environment. …
Read MoreTopical steroids are a type of steroid medicine applied directly to the skin to reduce inflammation and irritation. However, irrational use of topical corticosteroids is quite common in Kenya due …
Read MoreCorticosteroids are better absorbed and more permeable in regions of thin epidermis, such as the eyelid, gonads compared to thicker regions of epidermis, such as the sole. In fact, the …
Read MoreThe potency of topical corticosteroids is the amount of drug needed to produce a desired therapeutic effect. The gold standard for determining potency is the vasoconstrictor assay which measures the …
Read MoreActivated charcoal, aka medicinal charcoal, is a very effective universal antidote for many poisonous ingestions. It is best when given shortly (<1hr) after a large ingestion. However, activated charcoal is …
Read MoreObtain medical help immediately. Do not make the person vomit unLess told to do so by health care provider; Immediately give a glass of cold milk or water, if able …
Read MoreWanjiku, Jerop and Nanjala don’t have to give lots of glucose to a person who has poisoned with diazol insecticide after misinterpreting the general body weakness to be hunger!! They …
Read MoreAll things are poison-including water and oxygen- and nothing is without poison; only the dose makes a thing not a poison…(Paracelsus, Father of Toxicology) #Thursdaybit
Read MoreSo that the doctor may choose appropriate method of intervention. Multiple dose activated charcoal or gastric lavage may be used for delayed release several hours after swallowing So that the …
Read MoreSome herbicides are extremely dangerous. Paraquat which trades as Herbikill or Chramoxone is potentially lethal at two table spoonfuls (>20mls). Keep it very very safe!! It is not an organophosphate. …
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