Homemade silver remedy leaves patient with the permanent blues: Aussie case report
A homemade silver solution for a flu-like illness left a patient with the permanent blues after he developed argyria, SA doctors report. The 63-year old…
Tag: Toxicology
Platypus rescue spurs rare venom emergency
A woman’s attempt to rescue a wild platypus left her in excruciating pain and requiring surgery in a rare case of envenomation reported in the Medical…
‘They can be scared or dead’: GP’s warning to accused mushroom poisoner
Two GPs who treated accused mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson after she dished up a fatal lunch of beef Wellington have given evidence in her murder…
Tracking the source of a train hobbyist’s memory loss
Andy, a 52-year-old laboratory manager, presents with a six-month history of worsening memory and short-term recall problems. He also reports dizziness and occasional left leg…
Patient died after 16 weeks on therapeutic paracetamol dose, coroner says
A 47-year-old man died from acute liver failure after less than four months on the maximum recommended dose of paracetamol, a coroner says. Paul McHugh,…
‘Edna’ helps doctors find 50 new psychoactive drugs being used in Australia
Dr Jessamine Soderstrom is one of two doctors behind Australia’s national program for identifying new illicit drugs appearing on the black market. It is called…
Toddler developed mercury toxicity after GP prescribed his homemade merbromin cream: tribunal
A GP who prescribed homemade merbromin-based eczema cream to thousands of patients, including a toddler who developed mercury toxicity, has been found guilty of professional…
What’s your rarest diagnosis? This GP found ciguatera poisoning in a rough and ready fisherman
Dr David Miller used to live on a yacht in the tropics and talk with other fishermen about “things in the sea that sting and…
‘Young people with what looks like advanced dementia’: The pointy end of nitrous oxide abuse
Nangs, whippets, NOS, whatever patients call cannisters of nitrous oxide — doctors have implicated them in neurological damage in young patients. Available for less than…
Spot Dx — Is this a sinister dilated pupil?
Vicky is a 29-year-old office manager who presents with sudden-onset unilateral left-sided mydriasis. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz below. If you select…
