Is Naphthalene crystals in my ceiling bad for my health? - kitchen ceiling exhaust fan
Can someone tell me, your doctor the risks of the spread with large amounts of naphthalene on my roof, sits on the exhaust fan covers in the kitchen and bathroom. The owner just did this in the hope of deterring Possom but now my house smells like mothballs. If it is only toxic to ingest or inhale. Thankd
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Kitchen Ceiling Exhaust Fan Is Naphthalene Crystals In My Ceiling Bad For My Health?
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This is written in Toxbase (UK National Poisons database):
Naphthalene exposure
Features
Ingestion or inhalation
Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, headache, confusion, excessive sweating, fever, tachycardia, tachypnea, agitation and convulsions leading to coma.Haemolysis hemoglobinuria and acute renal failure after 3-5 days, especially in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.
Urine May is stained dark brown or black, partly due to hemoglobinuria, but also because of the presence of metabolites of naphthalene. Methemoglobinemia is rare.
Hemolysis and hemoglobinuria causing acute renal failure can occur, especially in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Urine May is stained dark brown or black, partly due to hemoglobinuria, but also because of the presence of metabolites of naphthalene.
Skin contact
Irritation and possibly dermatitis.
Eye contact
Irritation and possible injury particles form in theEye. Chronic exposure to vapors has caused damage to the opacity of the cornea.
Chronicle
Abuse by inhalation has changes in behavior that causes nausea, vomiting, jaundice, hepatomegaly, elevated liver enzymes, ascites, edema pedal bite, and the death of liver toxicity (Pysher et al, 1984).
Management
Inhalation
Remove from the danger area and remove contaminated clothing. Symptomatic and supportive
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