How can hand sanitizer be a cause of… sickness? It may seem ridiculous, but there is a way to connect the two. Hand sanitizers is a cause of kids being rushed to the hospital. This anti-germ fluid may seem harmless at first glance, but as you dig deeper; a whole new story unfolds.
On September 14, 2015, six year old Nhaijah Russell consumed three to four of a not so seemingly harmful liquid hand sanitizer during class at her school. “It had tasted really good,”she spoke, but that was no excuse for what happened after.
The sanitizer contained a large amount of alcohol that even a few squirts(2-3)could cause alcohol poisoning. In result, Nhaijah became dangerously drunk and was admitted to the emergency room in the Gwinnett Medical Center, near Atlanta, GA. Symptoms included slurring in her words and the inability to walk correctly. Her blood level reached .179, twice the amount of a legally drunk adult, according to Dr. Ritchey treated her). The
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Both men survived, but it could've been worse. A 49 year old prisoner in Maryland got drunk by drinking from a gallon of the substance one evening, reported Suzanne Doyon, who worked at the Maryland Poison Center in Baltimore and Christopher Welsh, staff member of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, in Baltimore. No other drugs were swallowed by the prison inmate. Another case revealed a 43 year old alcoholic, admitted to the hospital for chest pain. He was treated immediately but was seen in the bathroom, drinking alcohol-based hand wash from its dispenser, says Ashkan Emadi, MD, PhD, and LeAnn Coberly, MD, of the university of Cincinnati. “When asked why he did so, he pointed to the label, which read, active ingredient, 63% v/v isopropyl alcohol. He explained that this percentage is higher than volka.” Perhaps changing the description to decrease the attraction of these hand sanitizers for dangerous