Open AccessParaphenylene diamine poisoning
Author(s) -
A C Jesudoss Prabhakaran
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the indian journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1998-3751
pISSN - 0253-7613
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.96356
Subject(s) - hair dyes , diamine , commit , antidote , medicine , materials science , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , computer science , toxicity , database , dyeing
The commonest constituent of all hair dyes is paraphenylene diamine (PPD). Hair dye poisoning is emerging as one of the emerging causes of intentional self-poisoning to commit suicide. In this article, we report a case of PPD poisoning and the importance of clinical of hair dye poisoning. The lack of specific diagnostic tests, a specific antidote for paraphenylene diamine poisoning and the importance of early supportive treatment modalities are also discussed.