Methanol is added up by the bootleggers illegally to the alcohol beverages.
So many people accidentally consume that much amount of alcohol and which does poisoning effect om helath. Do given symptoms.
1.blindness of eye
2.acidosis
Here the two major problems occurs with this methanol poisoning.
If it exid more than 50mg it is fatal for a Nornal human being.
What to do if a patient come up with methanol poisoning.
Treating the patient
1.put him in shady or dark room.
Why? :To give eye protection
2.give gastric lavage with charcoal
Why? :to remove unabsorbed methanol from stomach by charcoal
3.give pottasium chloride
Why?: to prevent potassium imbalance
4.give ethanol.
Why? : the metabolism of ethanol will overcome the metabolism of methanol so toxic component like formicacid will not form but instead of that ethanoic acid will form. Which is less toxic....( Well explained: coming soon)
5.fomepizole
Why? : antidote for methanol
6.folate therapy
Why?: remove formic acid fast from body.
7.diuresis
Why? : removing products directly from blood.
These is how you do it.
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