Paralysis caused by 'nagging'
| Autor: | Peter A. Silburn, Michael Sinnott, Michaela Cartner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
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inorganic chemicals medicine.medical_specialty Substance-Related Disorders Nitrous Oxide Poison control Neurological disorder Spinal Cord Diseases medicine Paralysis Humans Substance Abuse Intravenous business.industry Malnutrition Vitamin B 12 Deficiency General Medicine Emergency department medicine.disease Surgery Anesthesia Sprained ankle Subacute Combined Degeneration Female medicine.symptom Complication business Methadone medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Medical Journal of Australia. 187:366-367 |
| ISSN: | 1326-5377 0025-729X |
| Popis: | A woman in her 20s presented to the emergency department, malnourished and dehydrated, and with acute paralysis of the lower limbs. Over the previous 10 days, she had inhaled nitrous oxide from "whipped-cream bulbs" (10-20 per day) for pain caused by a sprained ankle. She had a history of intravenous drug use and was on a methadone program. The nitrous oxide misuse combined with the malnutrition, with low vitamin B(12) levels, apparently resulted in subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord--a rare complication of nitrous oxide misuse. |
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