Chlorinated Naphthalene Poisoning

Naphthalene Poisoning

Acute renal failure following naphthalene poisoning.

Many cases of naphthalene and naphthalene poisoning are reported in literature since the introduction of naphthalene in 1841 by Rossbach as an internal antiseptic in typhoid fever and an anthelminthic in 1842. Today, naphthalene poisoning occurs in suicidal attenipts, or accidental ingestion by children. Naphthalene’s relative insolubility in water and its poor absorption from the gut underesti...

Diagnosis of chlorinated hydrocarbon poisoning by x ray examination.

Acute naphthalene poisoning following the non-accidental ingestion of mothballs.

Ingestional naphthalene mothball poisoning leading to prolonged haemolysis and methaemoglobinaemia can present with diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. A 19-year-old woman ingested 12 mothballs, and presented two days later with haemolysis and methaemoglobinaemia. She was treated with red blood cell transfusions, intravenous methylene blue, N-acetylcysteine and ascorbic acid. Continuous veno...

Chlorinated solvents