A Serious Case of Poisoning Caused by Oral Ingestion of Water-Soluble Fertilizer
Current research is mostly focused on the impact of fertilizers on human health when they are ingested through food; the main form of this is chronic damage. Intoxication through oral ingestion of fertilizer is an extremely rare situation. We report a case of a 38-year-old man that attempted to comm...
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| description | Current research is mostly focused on the impact of fertilizers on human health when they are ingested through food; the main form of this is chronic damage. Intoxication through oral ingestion of fertilizer is an extremely rare situation. We report a case of a 38-year-old man that attempted to commit suicide by ingesting only 20 mL of a water-soluble fertilizer. Acute kidney injury occurred early, which showed that the toxicity could not be ignored. It was necessary to seek medical attention as soon as possible. In addition, the patient experienced gastrointestinal dysfunction and a severe inflammatory response; inflammatory markers increased rapidly. Physicians implemented antimicrobial stewardship to reduce antimicrobial drug resistance and the risk of hospital infection, and the patient’s inflammatory response was well controlled. Although the damage was severe, the patient quickly recovered to normal after appropriate treatment. The prognosis is very good. This successful case provides guidance for clinical treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0104f79fc6e745f090cf1805297294e52025-01-24T13:29:55ZengMDPI AGEmergency Care and Medicine2813-79142024-10-011439139510.3390/ecm1040038A Serious Case of Poisoning Caused by Oral Ingestion of Water-Soluble FertilizerWei Ye0Shirong Lin1Chengquan Zheng2Chunshui Cao3Department of Emergency, The First Affiiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330000, ChinaDepartment of Emergency, The First Affiiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330000, ChinaDepartment of Emergency, The First Affiiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330000, ChinaDepartment of Emergency, The First Affiiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330000, ChinaCurrent research is mostly focused on the impact of fertilizers on human health when they are ingested through food; the main form of this is chronic damage. Intoxication through oral ingestion of fertilizer is an extremely rare situation. We report a case of a 38-year-old man that attempted to commit suicide by ingesting only 20 mL of a water-soluble fertilizer. Acute kidney injury occurred early, which showed that the toxicity could not be ignored. It was necessary to seek medical attention as soon as possible. In addition, the patient experienced gastrointestinal dysfunction and a severe inflammatory response; inflammatory markers increased rapidly. Physicians implemented antimicrobial stewardship to reduce antimicrobial drug resistance and the risk of hospital infection, and the patient’s inflammatory response was well controlled. Although the damage was severe, the patient quickly recovered to normal after appropriate treatment. The prognosis is very good. This successful case provides guidance for clinical treatment.https://www.mdpi.com/2813-7914/1/4/38poisonfertilizeracute kidney injurygastrointestinal dysfunctioninflammatory response |
| spellingShingle | Wei Ye Shirong Lin Chengquan Zheng Chunshui Cao A Serious Case of Poisoning Caused by Oral Ingestion of Water-Soluble Fertilizer Emergency Care and Medicine poison fertilizer acute kidney injury gastrointestinal dysfunction inflammatory response |
| title | A Serious Case of Poisoning Caused by Oral Ingestion of Water-Soluble Fertilizer |
| title_full | A Serious Case of Poisoning Caused by Oral Ingestion of Water-Soluble Fertilizer |
| title_fullStr | A Serious Case of Poisoning Caused by Oral Ingestion of Water-Soluble Fertilizer |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Serious Case of Poisoning Caused by Oral Ingestion of Water-Soluble Fertilizer |
| title_short | A Serious Case of Poisoning Caused by Oral Ingestion of Water-Soluble Fertilizer |
| title_sort | serious case of poisoning caused by oral ingestion of water soluble fertilizer |
| topic | poison fertilizer acute kidney injury gastrointestinal dysfunction inflammatory response |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2813-7914/1/4/38 |
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