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Chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy (CSE) is a condition induced by long-term exposure to organic solvents, often—but not always—in the workplace, that lead to a wide variety of persisting sensorimotor polyneuropathies and neurobehavioral deficits even after solvent exposure has been removed. [1][2][3] This syndrome can also be referred ...
Audrey Marie Hilley (née Frazier, later Homan; June 4, 1933 – February 26, 1987), also known by the aliases Robbi Hannon and Teri Martin, was an American murderer and suspected serial killer. She was suspected in the death by poisoning of her husband and the attempted murder of her daughter, and spent three years as a fugitive from justice.
Megavitamin-B6 syndrome, also known as hypervitaminosis B6, vitamin B6 toxicity, and vitamin B6 excess, [ a ] is a medical condition characterized by adverse effects resulting from excessive intake of vitamin B 6. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 22 ] Primarily affecting the nervous system, this syndrome manifests through symptoms such as peripheral sensory ...
The toxicity of aluminium phosphide is attributed to the liberation of phosphine gas, a cytotoxic compound that causes free radical mediated injury, inhibits vital cellular enzymes and is directly corrosive to tissues. The following reaction releases phosphine when AlP reacts with water in the body: AlP + 3 H 2 O → Al(OH) 3 + PH 3, and
Alcohol intoxication, also known in overdose as alcohol poisoning, [ 1 ] commonly described as drunkenness or inebriation, [ 9 ] is the behavior and physical effects caused by a recent consumption of alcohol. [ 6 ][ 10 ] In addition to the toxicity of ethanol, the main psychoactive component of alcoholic beverages, other physiological symptoms ...
The diagnosis may initially be suspected in a person with rapidly progressing dementia, particularly when they are also found with the characteristic medical signs and symptoms such as involuntary muscle jerking, [35] difficulty with coordination/balance and walking, and visual disturbances. [4] Further testing can support the diagnosis and may ...
Coordinates: 33°37′36″N 85°59′9″W. Anniston Chemical Activity was a U.S. Army chemical weapon storage site located in Alabama. The Army had stored approximately seven percent of the nation’s original chemical weapons stockpile at the Anniston Army Depot since the early 1960s. In August 2003, the Army began disposing of these weapons ...
In hematology, plasma cell dyscrasias (also termed plasma cell disorders and plasma cell proliferative diseases) are a spectrum of progressively more severe monoclonal gammopathies in which a clone or multiple clones of pre-malignant or malignant plasma cells (sometimes in association with lymphoplasmacytoid cells or B lymphocytes) over-produce and secrete into the blood stream a myeloma ...