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Khaja Mohideen Sherfudeen1, Senthil Kumar Kaliannan1, Pavan Kumar Dammalapati1
1Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Kauvery Hospitals, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India.
Abstract:
Cow dung, which has germicidal property, was used in ancient days to clean living premises in South India. Nowadays, people are using commercially available synthetic cow dung powder. It is locally known as "saani powder" in Tamil Nadu. It is freely available in homes and is sometimes accidentally consumed by children. It is available in two colors - yellow and green. Cow dung powder poisoning is common in districts of Tamil Nadu such as Coimbatore, Tirupur, and Erode. We report two cases of yellow cow dung powder poisoning from our hospital.
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