lets say someone ends up with a severe poisoning that causes acute methemoglobinemia. can the hypoxia caused by the methemoglobinemia result in brain damage if no medical assistance is provided? is it possible for the body to even survive on its own?

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Does alcohol poisoning cause brain damage?

Answer 1

It depends on the severity. Yes, hypoxia due to methemohemoglobin can cause brain damage.

Answer 2

Typically, there are genetic causes for methemoglobinemia, causing susceptibility to medications, or foods, even topical meds. If indeed there is a family history, you might be at risk. Pulse oximeters can monitor oxygen levels if such a problem were present, but hypoxia untreated can be deadly.

Answer 3

No: Not necessarily. It is important to discuss these developmental milestones with your pediatrician. Many children reach their developmental stages at different paces than the "average" baby and are perfectly normal. Also, some children have delayed motor skills due to other conditions (such as slightly weak muscles) that may get better with either time or special exercises (physical therapy).

Answer 4

No: Crawling may start after walking, walking is normal at 12 to 15 months, and a child with CP would probably not sit unsupported at 9 months of age.

Answer 5

No: One cannot say a child has cerebral palsy just because he is not crawling at 9 months. Cerebral palsy is a major neurological problem, and will have other symptoms. At the regular 9-month check-up, the doctor can assess the developmental status as well as examine the baby's movements and muscle tone.

Answer 6

No: Many babies don't crawl on all fours but rather scoot or roll around. If your baby is doing these things then she is developmentally on tract. If she is not, then she needs further evaluation by your pediatrician, things could still be normal.

Answer 7

Good question!: Parathyroid hormone (pth_ causes two main effects - a decrease in phosphorous in the blood, and an increase in calcium. If a body makes too much PTH (constant, high levels) it will leach the calcium from the bones to keep the blood levels up. Injections, however, are intermittent, lower concentrations that can stimulate bone strengthening by absorbing the calcium in the bood.

Answer 8

Hypercalcemia: Too much circulating parathryoid hormone can result in high levels of calcium which can cause abodminal pain, bone pain, kidney stones, etc. It purges the calcium from the storage site in the bones. Injectable hormone should be used under the direction of a qualified physician and is for people with low calcium not normal levels which can happen with the aging process.

Answer 9

Yes: Many people refer to sepsis as "blood poisoning". It means that bacteria and/or fungi have invaded the blood stream allowing them to travel to many internal organs like the heart or the brain. If untreated a person with this condition may go into septic shock. Antibiotic treatment is needed to treat this condition along with careful monitoring in the hospital.

Answer 10

Not always: "septicemia" is an old-fashioned term that means the same thing as "blood poisoning." sepsis is the body's generalized inflammatory state to an infection. The inciting infection could be a pneumonia or a bladder infection, and may not involve bacteria in the bloodstream ("bacteremia"). In almost half of sepsis cases, there is never a positive culture that definitively pinpoints the infection.

Answer 11

Yes: Chronic hypoxia in patients with peripheral vascular disease suffer hair loss on their extremities.

Answer 12

Yes: Chlamydia can be successfully treated and eliminated, but the damages done may not be reversible.

lets say someone ends up with a severe poisoning that causes acute methemoglobinemia. can the hypoxia caused by the methemoglobinemia result in brain damage if no medical assistance is provided? is it possible for the body to even survive on its own?

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