Methanol toxicity is poisoning from methanol, characteristically by ingestion. Symptoms may include an altered or decreased level of consciousness, poor or no coordination, vomiting, abdominal pain, and a specific smell on the breath, with decreased vision possibly starting as early as twelve hours after exposure. Long-term outcomes may include blindness and kidney failure, and ingestion of as little as about three grams of methanol can cause irreversible optic nerve damage.
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ICD-10 ChapterXIX: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes 2 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route First DescribedRecorded as the article states it, a lower bound (described as early as 1856). Causative Agent
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1. Wikipedia: Methanol toxicity
WikipediaWikipedia: Methanol toxicity, lead section
Toxicity to methanol has been described as early as 1856.
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Methanol toxicity (also methanol poisoning) is poisoning from methanol, characteristically via ingestion.
Lead section, body-system statement
Long-term outcomes may include blindness and kidney failure.
Lead section, body-system statement (nervous)
Ingestion of as little as 3.16 grams of methanol can cause irreversible optic nerve damage, and the oral LD50 for humans is estimated to be 56.2 grams of pure methanol.
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: ICD-10
WikipediaList of chapters, Chapter XIXQuote, List of chapters, Chapter XIX
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
3. Wikidata: Methanol Toxicity
WikidataWikidata P279 (disease-category: non-communicable)Quote, Wikidata P279 (disease-category: non-communicable)
Subclass of: poisoning
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