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Is There Any Treatment For Curing Problems After Drinking Kerosene?
My nephew drink kerosene .he is in India.doctors are unable to cure him its been 5 days already.he can t eat and not using toilet since than.Please is the any possible medication that u can recomand.those dodgers are not doctors their animal they don t know nothing
Wed, 22 Jan 2014
Hi there,
Thanks for your query.
I am afraid there is NO medicine OR ANTIDOTE to neutralize the corrosive action of kerosene. The lag period between kerosene ingestion and bringing the patient to the hospital is VERY VERY IMPORTANT, as EVERY MOMENT COUNTS.
Kerosene severely erodes the inner lining of the food pipe, stomach and entire intestine. I'm sure you don't expect doctors to transplant the inner lining of the entire intestinal system! Quite often, some kerosene also enters the windpipe, causing severe damage to the lungs.
Only symptomatic treatment is given to minimize further damage to the intestine and promote healing. Further, quite often, the damage is irreversible, depending on the amount of kerosene ingested.
So, please be patient and have full faith in the treating doctors. I am sure that the doctors are doing their best to salvage as much intestine as possible. Healing takes its own time, perhaps 2-3 weeks. It's only after healing, would it be possible to assess the extent of damage.
I am sure that, by now, you must be convinced that the treating doctors are NOT animals!! THERE IS NO TREATMENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
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Dr. Rakesh Karanwal
Thanks for your query.
I am afraid there is NO medicine OR ANTIDOTE to neutralize the corrosive action of kerosene. The lag period between kerosene ingestion and bringing the patient to the hospital is VERY VERY IMPORTANT, as EVERY MOMENT COUNTS.
Kerosene severely erodes the inner lining of the food pipe, stomach and entire intestine. I'm sure you don't expect doctors to transplant the inner lining of the entire intestinal system! Quite often, some kerosene also enters the windpipe, causing severe damage to the lungs.
Only symptomatic treatment is given to minimize further damage to the intestine and promote healing. Further, quite often, the damage is irreversible, depending on the amount of kerosene ingested.
So, please be patient and have full faith in the treating doctors. I am sure that the doctors are doing their best to salvage as much intestine as possible. Healing takes its own time, perhaps 2-3 weeks. It's only after healing, would it be possible to assess the extent of damage.
I am sure that, by now, you must be convinced that the treating doctors are NOT animals!! THERE IS NO TREATMENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
If you find my response helpful and informative, do not forget an “excellent” (5-star rating) to my answer, to ENCOURAGE ALL doctors- engaged in social service- to render sound advice to the FREE queries.
Take care
Dr. Rakesh Karanwal
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