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- Very high levels of sodium nitrite can kill you. Sodium nitrite can also harm you if you inhale it or if it’s soaked up through your skin. It can irritate your eyes, skin, nose, and throat.
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Jul 15, 2023 · Sodium nitrite is a substance that can cause methemoglobinemia, a condition that lowers the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen. Learn how to prevent, recognize, and treat sodium nitrite poisoning, which is often used as a method of suicide.
Clinical manifestations can include cyanosis, hypoxia, altered consciousness, dysrhythmias, and death. The majority of reports on sodium nitrite poisonings have been the result of unintentional exposures. We report a case of an intentional fatal overdose of sodium nitrite.
- Matthew R. Neth, Jennifer S. Love, B. Zane Horowitz, Michael D. Shertz, Ritu Sahni, Mohamud R. Daya
- 2021
Toxicity. Sodium nitrite is toxic. The LD 50 in rats is 180 mg/kg and in humans LD Lo is 71 mg/kg. The mechanism by which sodium nitrite causes death is methemoglobinemia. The oftentimes severe methemoglobinemia found in sodium nitrite poisoning cases results in systemic hypoxia, metabolic acidosis, and cyanosis.
Mar 17, 2022 · Sodium nitrite toxicity is capable of causing severe methemoglobinemia with high mortality. Prompt identification is crucial. We discuss the important implications in regard to media coverage, imitative suicide, and accessibility of sodium nitrite.
- 10.1002/emp2.12702
- 2022/04
Oct 27, 2022 · Sodium nitrite causes increased methemoglobin, resulting in systemic hypoxia, metabolic acidosis, and cyanosis. Since sodium nitrite is a preservative, the ingestion of foods containing an excessive amount of this substance can also cause acute intoxication up to death.
- 10.3390/ijerph192113996
- 2022/11
The most sensitive and widely-recognized toxic effect of nitrate and nitrite is that of nitrite-induced methemoglobinemia in which nitrite (ingested as nitrite, formed via bacterial reduction of ingested nitrate, and/or produced as an endogenous product of the nitric oxide oxidation) reacts with ferrous (Fe 2+) hemoglobin (which transports ...
Abstract. Introduction: Sodium nitrite is an oxidizing agent capable of producing profound methemoglobinemia. Large quantities of sodium nitrite can be purchased online, and recent literature has identified several cases of intentional self-poisoning, including multiple cases of mortality.
