CAMPHOR – THE HOUSEHOLD NOXIOUS!
Asafeya A.*, Dr. Britto Duraisingh, Dr. Selvaraj and Dr. S. Haja Sheriff
ABSTRACT
A wide variety of medicines and substances can cause serious illness or kill a child who ingests just a single dose in small quantity. Camphor is one such substance easily available in many Indian households and is not a very well recognised potentially fatal toxic compound. We report the two cases presented with seizures due to ingestion of camphor.[8]
Keywords: Camphor, Ingestion, Neurotoxicity.
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