| Title: |
ARTISANAL PRODUCTION OF SPIRIT BEVERAGES - RISK FACTOR FOR CHRONIC POISONING WITH METHYL ALCOHOL. |
| Authors: |
Rebeleanu, Codrin1 rebeleanuc@yahoo.com, Dumbravă, Dan Perju2 danperjud@yahoo.com, Radu, Carmen3 raducarmencorina@yahoo.com |
| Source: |
Analele Universitatii din Oradea, Fascicula Ecotoxicologie, Zootehnie si Tehnologii în Industria Alimentara. 2016, p325-329. 5p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*COMPLICATIONS of alcoholism, *LIQUORS, *MULTIPLE sclerosis risk factors, *GOURMET foods, *MULTIPLE sclerosis diagnosis, *METHANOL |
| Abstract: |
Artisanal production of distilled beverages is a well - known fact in the countryside, and it is only the raw material and 'technology' that varies from one geographical area to the other. These traditional products sundry composition includes a series of volatile congeners with a higher or lower toxicity level, one of them being methanol. Daily consumption of such beverages can lead to chronic poisoning cu methylic alcohol, despite of the fact that methyl alcohol antidote, that is ethylic alcohol is simultaneously administered. The clinical expression of this pathology is the occurrence of a multiple sclerosis type of symptomatology. We report a case of a patient, chronic consumer of artisanally produced alcohol, in whom the histopathological examination, corroborated with the clinical data led to confirming the multiple sclerosis diagnosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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