Drink the wrong car engine coolant, a couple is hospitalized for emergency

According to information from the Department of Internal Medicine – Poison Control, the patient’s son was given 2 cans of water by an acquaintance, 1 blue, 1 red, and left at home without further instructions. Looking at the can, the two patients thought it was beer and Coca-Cola, so they drank it in the evening with a meal.

However, when drinking, the patient found that the water had no taste, so he looked it up online according to the words on the can. car engine coolant. The patients rushed each other to the hospital, had their stomach washed and transferred to the Poison Control Center for monitoring.

Thanks to timely detection and management, 2 patients fortunately had no serious symptoms and were discharged after 3 days.

According to doctors, this is an alarm bell for everyone, before eating or drinking anything, it is necessary to carefully read the labels, ingredients and uses to avoid unfortunate mistakes. In this case, the shape and color of the label is quite similar to that of Coca-Cola and beer cans, written entirely in English, with no Vietnamese sub-labels (most likely hand-carried or unofficially imported). easy to confuse users, especially the elderly, children and limited in foreign languages.

Scientifically, this water has the main ingredient is Ethylene glycol, a colorless, odorless, sweet liquid with cooling and anti-freezing effects used in internal combustion engines. When entering the body, it will break down into glycolic acid and oxalic acid, causing acidosis, increased blood osmotic pressure gap, abdominal pain, vomiting, severe kidney failure, brain damage, low blood pressure and death. death.

If it is detected that the wrong cooling water is drunk, immediately induce vomiting, wash the stomach, and quickly go to the nearest medical facility for timely monitoring and treatment. It is recommended to bring a can of drinking water as a basis for early diagnosis and treatment.

The Department of Internal Resuscitation – Anti-poison has received and handled cases of alcohol poisoning, rat poison, herbal medicines of unknown origin, bee stings, snake bites… Therefore, each person needs to be careful to protect their health. own, do not use anything without being sure about the origin, nature and use of the product.