Arunpriyandan Vaishnavi, Kt Sundaresan, Umakanth Maheswaran
General Medicine, University Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital Batticaloa, Batticaloa, LKA.
Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Care Sciences, Teaching Hospital Batticaloa, Batticaloa, LKA.
Cureus. 2022 Jun 29;14(6):e26416. doi: 10.7759/cureus.26416. eCollection 2022 Jun.
Propanil is a widely used herbicide in agriculture and is also an important cause of poisoning in Sri Lanka. Incidence is around 2% and is commonly reported as self-poisoning. Although it is classified as an agent with low to medium toxicity, severe poisoning can cause lethal outcome and death especially when there is a limited medical facility. We describe a case of severe Propanil poisoning who was successfully treated in a peripheral hospital with available facilities.
敌稗是农业中广泛使用的除草剂,也是斯里兰卡中毒的一个重要原因。发病率约为2%,通常报告为自我中毒。尽管它被归类为低至中等毒性的制剂,但严重中毒可能导致致命后果甚至死亡,尤其是在医疗设施有限的情况下。我们描述了一例严重敌稗中毒病例,该病例在一家具备可用设施的基层医院成功得到治疗。