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rdsince2010
1 year ago

I have Ergoogelt ->

The substance methanol processes the body to formaldehyde and in a further step to form formic acid. The substances can cause devastating damage in the body, especially in the nerves. It threatens blindness. Untreated, poisoning usually ends deadly.

Parralelwelt
1 year ago
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Emergency therapy is probably the same as in glycol poisoning: the enzyme inhibits what the methanol degrades, because the degradation products are much more toxic than the methanol itself.