Thread by @Harvard_Tox, Please don’t inject bleach or drink disinfectant. Bleach injections cause hemolysis (where [...]

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Please don’t inject bleach or drink disinfectant. Bleach injections cause hemolysis (where your red blood cells that carry OXYGEN break apart) and cause liver damage, and many disinfectants can cause dangerous burns or bleeding in your stomach. This tweet IS medical advice

Acute kidney injury caused by intravenous bleach injection: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22961673/ ">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22961673/...

Acute Kidney Injury Due to Intravenous Bleach Injection - PubMed

We report a patient who presented with black urine after parenteral self-administration of a large quantity of bleach. We review the clinical presentation, laboratory and biopsy findings, and outcome...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22961673/

Venous thromboembolism (BLOOD CLOTS) caused by bleach injection: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22297700/ ">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22297700/...

Venous Thrombosis Following Intravenous Injection of Household Bleach - PubMed

Sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) is used extensively as a disinfectant or bleaching agent. Most studies describe ingestion or inhalation route of this product with rare complication and fatalities....

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22297700/

Esophageal perforation and mediastinitis (stomach contents in your chest- BAD) after bleach ingestion: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21859250/ ">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21859250/...

Esophageal Perforation and Mediastinitis After Suicidal Ingestion of 4.5% Sodium Hypochlorite...

A 16-year-old woman deliberately drank 4.5% sodium hypochlorite bleach. She was transferred to the emergency department after gastric lavage was performed at a local clinic. She experienced chest...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21859250/

Those are just a few reports of the bad things that happen when you inject or drink bleach (a disinfectant) #covid19 #hmstox

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