Citation

Sherfudeen KM, Kaliannan SK, Dammalapati PK. Indian J. Crit. Care Med. 2015; 19(11): 684-686.

Affiliation

Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Kauvery Hospitals, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, Publisher Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/0972-5229.169357

PMID

26730123

PMCID

PMC4687181

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.

Language: en