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Journal Article 
Fatal poisoning caused by oral ingestion of a hair dye 
Verma, R; Tewari, N; Jaiswal, S; Rastogi, V; Singh, DK; Tiwari, A 
2008 
Yes 
Internet Journal of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine
ISSN: 1092-4051 
11 
1 
2-2 
We have presented a case of a 20-year-old female who ingested about 100ml of a hair dye (Vasmol 33?) with suicidal intent. Information on the systemic effects of hair dye in acute poisoning after oral ingestion is limited. Hair dyes mainly contain PPD and resorcinol. The important clinical and laboratory findings were, unconsciousness, severe cervical and facial edema, respiratory failure that required mechanical ventilation, generalized tonic-clonic convulsions, severe metabolic acidosis, intravascular hemolysis, rhabdomyolysis, methemoglobinemia and oliguria, culminating in renal failure. The patient died following cardiac arrest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Internet Journal of Emergency & Intensive Care Medicine is the property of Internet Scientific Publications LLC and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts) 
SUICIDAL behavior; HAIR dyes; RESORCINOL; EDEMA; RESPIRATORY insufficiency; Hair dye poisoning; Paraphenylenediamine; renal failure; systemic toxicity