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Inhalational Wheat-pill Poisoning: A Household Chemical Warfare Agent

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Wheat pill and its active ingredient aluminum phosphide is one of the emerging causes of poisoning. The areas mainly hit are the ones where agriculture is the leading industry. The mechanism of action involves phosphine gas, which is released when the pill comes in contact with moisture or stomach acid; the resulting free radicals damage mitochondria. The cardiovascular system is the most severely hit with various presentations, including cardiac failure, arrhythmias, and eventually shock. We discuss a case of a middle-aged woman who suffered from inhalational poisoning from wheat pill while she was working in unventilated grain storage.

Source: Cureus

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.5597

Authors: Zauraiz Anjum, Muhammad N Habib, Zemal Tariq, Shaharyar Ali

Institutions: King Edward Medical University, Fatima Jinnah Medical University, Mayo Hospital, Gujranwala Medical College

Language: English

Topic: Poisoning and overdose treatments

Subfield: Emergency Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2972392532