Citation

Sedhai YR, Atreya A, Basnyat S, Phuyal P, Pokhrel S. Med. Leg. J. 2021; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Medico-Legal Society, Publisher SAGE Publications)

DOI

10.1177/0025817221998119

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Sodium nitrite is a common household product with a variety of uses such as curing meat, food additive, colouring agent, anti-freezing agent and disinfectant. We report a case of sodium nitrite intoxication for deliberate self-harm and discuss the increasing number of such cases in recent times.

Language: en

Keywords

suicide; deliberate self-harm; methaemoglobinaemia; Sodium nitrite