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Could a few weeks of 50% deet cause neurological problems in later life?

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Dr. Indravadan Gatiwala answered

Specializes in Neurology

Side effects of deet: Most serious and devastating complication of large deet poisonings is neurological damage. Patients may have disorientation, clumsiness when walking, seizures, or coma. Death is possible in these cases. I do not know how long and how much of deet you use. Most common side effects are redness of skin.

Answered 9/8/2013

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Dr. Marybeth Lambe answered

Specializes in Travel Medicine

No; Very unlikely: Unless you drank the stuff in huge quantities --it would be so very rare--someone would beg to study you. 1. Unlike Mercury, DEET doesn't accumulate in the body. It is gone in 24 hrs. There have been hundreds of atudies, Example:w. using it at 40ml per kg per day for 60 days straight (who volunteers for this?) Anyway, even these poor subjects were fine unless they drank lots of alcohol too..

Answered 11/1/2016

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