Super vasmol (hair dye) poisioning� Tracheostomy life saving procedure

Dr.C.Venkateswara Rao; Dr.S.Nagaraju

Volume : VI, Issue : VI, June - 2016

Super vasmol (hair dye) poisioning� Tracheostomy life saving procedure

Dr. C. Venkateswara Rao, Dr. S. Nagaraju

Abstract :

 Introduction–Super vasmol, a commonly used liquid hair dye is a cheap and freely avail–able in the market as Godrej keshkala, super vasmol 33 and easily consumable. So it is a major cause of suicidal & accidental poisoning in India. The major life threatening com–pound in this hair dye is para–phenylenediamine (PPD) and can cause rhabdomyolysis, laryngeal edema, severe metaboloic acidosis, acute renal failure and myocarditis .Materials and methods– It is a prospective study of 50 patients of super vasmol poisioning over the period of 1 year in Kurnool medical college kurnool.During the period between May–2015 to April 2016. This study reveals the importance of early surgical intervention in the form of tracheostomy in patient of super vasmol poisioning with severe stridor.Results– All patients who have undergone tracheostomy were rescued from the death due to respir–atory obstruction. Some of these patients 7 out of 50 were sent to nephrology department for dialysis.2 out of 7 dialysis patients were died. Conclusion–Emergency trachestomy is a life saving procedure in super vasmol poisoining with severe stridor . Delay in hospitaliza–tion is directly proportional to the number of deaths of patients.