Super Vasmol Hair Dye: An Emerging Fatal Poison.
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2014-12
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Hair dye poisoning is not rare, but is an emerging poisoning in India. The main component of super vasmol hair dye causing
toxicity is paraphenylenediamine (PPD) and can cause rhabdomyolysis, laryngeal edema, severe metabolic acidosis, acute
renal failure (ARF) and myocarditis. There is no specific antidote for hair dye poisoning and treatment is mainly supportive.
We report a case of suicidal ingestion of hair dye that presented with angioneurotic edema, rhabdomyolysis and ARF. Our
patient improved completely with dialysis and symptomatic management. Various pathogenesis of its complications are also
explained in this case report.
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Super vasmol, paraphenylenediamine, acute renal failure, rhabdomyolysis
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Rammurthy P, Mundadan Netto George, Sunilkumar N, Suresh C. Super Vasmol Hair Dye: An Emerging Fatal Poison. Indian Journal of Clinical Practice. 2014 Dec; 25(7): 660-663.