Cargando…

Paraphenylene diamine poisoning

The commonest constituent of all hair dyes is paraphenylene diamine (PPD) being used by the people to color their hair all over the world. Hair dye poisoning is emerging as one of the emerging causes of intentional self-poisoning to commit suicide. In this article, the importance of clinical manifes...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Prabhakaran, A. C. Jesudoss
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23225987
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.101924
_version_ 1782251514465615872
author Prabhakaran, A. C. Jesudoss
author_facet Prabhakaran, A. C. Jesudoss
author_sort Prabhakaran, A. C. Jesudoss
collection PubMed
description The commonest constituent of all hair dyes is paraphenylene diamine (PPD) being used by the people to color their hair all over the world. Hair dye poisoning is emerging as one of the emerging causes of intentional self-poisoning to commit suicide. In this article, the importance of clinical manifestations and of hair dye poisoning is discussed due to the lack of specific diagnostic tests. Since there is no specific antidote for PPD poisoning, the early supportive treatment modalities are discussed.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-3510919
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2012
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-35109192012-12-05 Paraphenylene diamine poisoning Prabhakaran, A. C. Jesudoss J Nat Sci Biol Med Case Report The commonest constituent of all hair dyes is paraphenylene diamine (PPD) being used by the people to color their hair all over the world. Hair dye poisoning is emerging as one of the emerging causes of intentional self-poisoning to commit suicide. In this article, the importance of clinical manifestations and of hair dye poisoning is discussed due to the lack of specific diagnostic tests. Since there is no specific antidote for PPD poisoning, the early supportive treatment modalities are discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3510919/ /pubmed/23225987 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.101924 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Prabhakaran, A. C. Jesudoss
Paraphenylene diamine poisoning
title Paraphenylene diamine poisoning
title_full Paraphenylene diamine poisoning
title_fullStr Paraphenylene diamine poisoning
title_full_unstemmed Paraphenylene diamine poisoning
title_short Paraphenylene diamine poisoning
title_sort paraphenylene diamine poisoning
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23225987
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.101924
work_keys_str_mv AT prabhakaranacjesudoss paraphenylenediaminepoisoning