Department of Emergency Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Centre, Thrissur, Kerala
* Corresponding author: Dr. Anoop James George, Senior Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Centre, Thrissur, Kerala, Email id - anoophunter18@gmail.com, Mobile No. - 9496464878
Online published on 30 June, 2020.
Accidental ingestion is a common mode of poisoning in children. Turpentine poisoning is very rare and literature describing its toxic effects in human are scarce. Turpentine poisoning is uncommon in children and massive upper gastrointestinal bleed (UGIB) has not been reported in children following turpentine ingestion. Here we report a case of a 3-year-old boy who was admitted to our Emergency Department (ED) with massive UGIB and respiratory distress following accidental ingestion of turpentine.
Turpentine, accidental poisoning, children, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, death
