On Thursday, US President Donald Trump raised the possibility of injecting disinfectant into patients, causing an international uproar with m anufacturers, doctors and government agencies rushing out warnings against consuming disinfectants like bleach.
Symptoms include chest pain, nausea, hyperventilation, blindness and even coma. Methanol is often deliberately and illegally added to alcoholic beverages as a cheaper alternative to ethanol (normal alcohol that can be consumed) in countries. It causes delayed organ and brain damage. When it comes to alcohol overdose, metadoxine is sometimes used as an alcohol overdose antidote to clear alcohol from the blood faster. Methanol cannot be smelled or tasted in drinks. Iran is facing the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East with 5,806 deaths and more than 91,000 confirmed cases. The term toxic alcohols is a collective term that includes methanol, ethylene glycol, and isopropyl alcohol. Alcohol poisoning occurs when a person drinks a toxic amount of alcohol, usually over a short period of time (binge drinking). Hossein Hassanian, a health ministry adviser, said the final tally of people who lost their eyesight could be much higher. Methanol (CH3OH) is a toxic alcohol that is found in various household and industrial agents.
Iranian health ministry spokesman, Kianoush Jahanpour, said 5,011 people had been poisoned from methanol alcohol, adding that some 90 people have lost their eyesight or are suffering eye damage from the alcohol poisoning. Last year there were only 66 deaths from alcohol poisoning, according to the report.Īlcohol poisoning has seen a 10-fold increase in Iran in the past year, according to a government report released earlier in April, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The national coroner’s authority said that alcohol poisoning killed 728 Iranians between February 20 and April 7. More than 700 people have died in Iran after ingesting toxic methanol, erroneously thinking it can cure the new coronavirus.
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