Questioning Medicine

Sometime I wonder how the world will change post covid- or how the board questions will change? And that is clearly seen in this article titled- Yip L et al. Serious adverse health events, including death, associated with ingesting alcohol-based hand sanitizers containing methanol — Arizona and New Mexico, May–June 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020 Aug 14; 69:1070. hand sanitizing gels and foams containing ≥60% alcohol (either ethanol or isopropyl alcohol) has been proven to be effective -- Methanol is not an acceptable substitutein this paper they looked at 15 cases of methanol poisoning due to ingestion of methanol-containing hand sanitizers From May through June 2020 All patients had a history of ingesting alcohol-based hand sanitizerpresentation included visual disturbance, seizures, gastrointestinal involvement, altered mental status, and anion-gap acidosis with blood pH varying from 6.70 to 7.23.in the end Four patients died and three others were discharged with new visual impairment. I can see it no