Methemoglobinemia secondary to consumption of poppers.
2022
Elena Díez Urdiales, and
Ana Esteban Molina, and
Naiara Gargallo Gasca
Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, España.
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008708
Methemoglobinemia
The presence of methemoglobin in the blood, resulting in cyanosis. A small amount of methemoglobin is present in the blood normally, but injury or toxic agents convert a larger proportion of hemoglobin into methemoglobin, which does not function reversibly as an oxygen carrier. Methemoglobinemia may be due to a defect in the enzyme NADH methemoglobin reductase (an autosomal recessive trait) or to an abnormality in hemoglobin M (an autosomal dominant trait). (Dorland, 27th ed)
Methemoglobinemias
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
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