*METHANOL POISONING FROM HAND SANITIZERS*
-Does your sanitizer state which type of alcohol is been used?
-Does your sanitizer state the ingredients?
-Is your sanitizer unbranded?
-Do you know what type of sanitizers are been used for customers at stores?
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*What is Methanol Poisoning?*
Methanol is a type of alcohol not intended for human or animal consumption. It’s common to find methanol in products like anti-freeze, canned heating sources like Sterno, varnish, windshield wiper fluid, paint thinner, and fuel additives.
*Methanol, also called wood alcohol, can be toxic when absorbed through the skin, inhaled or ingested.*
Dr. Asim Tarabar, a medical toxicologist and chief of emergency medicine at the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, said if people have been using a hand sanitizer with methanol multiple times a day since March, when the product was flying off shelves, they could experience side effects.
*"It all depends on when their system is overcome or overwhelmed,"* Tarabar said. *"Everything depends on concentration and how much it is ingested in the body."*
The coronavirus fearmongering propaganda has increased the demand for sanitizers and have made adulterated ethanol even more common *as producers look to lower manufacturing costs, which has led to a spike in methanol poisoning.*
Accumulated Methanol poisoning from overusing hand sanitizers is extremely serious and can result in death if not immediately treated.
Methanol poisoning has a number of symptoms. These include *bizarre behavior, falling into a coma, extreme dizziness, severe headaches and seizures. Methanol also disrupts liver and pancreatic function. Even with treatment, a person may have permanent liver damage.*
*Other symptoms of this condition are difficulty breathing(same like coronavirus), signs of low oxygen levels(same like coronavirus) through blue fingernails and lips, complete fatigue and cramps in the legs.* These symptoms when taken together represent a medical emergency, and you should contact 911 or emergency services in your country immediately if you suspect methanol poisoning.
Treatment for methanol poisoning is fairly intensive. Many patients have a nasal-gastric tube inserted with activated charcoal, which helps “pump the stomach.” Patients are observed for sharp declines in blood pressure, seizures, or stopping breathing(like coronavirus). It is quite common for people to need dialysis, and most people are also given an antidote to methanol in the form of ethanol. As symptoms develop, other medications, like anticonvulsants may be needed. *Many people require breathing support like a respirator(like coronavirus patients).*