Paraquat Poisoning:
A Case Report
Published: February 1, 2016 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/.7204
Harish Kumar, Veer Bahadur Singh, Babu Lal Meena,
Subhash Gaur, Rahul Singla
1. Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, S P Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
2. Senior Professor, Department of Medicine, S P Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, S P Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, S P Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
5. Department of Medicine, S P Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Harish Kumar,
Senior Resident, Department of Medicine S P Medical College Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
E-mail: drharishsgnr@gmail.com
Paraquat is commonly used herbicide by farmers in North West Rajasthan. Despite its easy availability, poisoning of its not common. Fatal dose of paraquat is so small that >10 ml poison can damage lungs permanently. Diagnosis is often difficult without proper history, absence of specific clinical feature and lack of diagnostic test. Inhalation exposures represent one of the most important routes of poisoning. We are reporting a case of inhaled paraquat poisoning with complication of irreversible acute kidney, liver and lung injury.
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