Neurological Manifestations of Aluminum Phosphide (Wheat-Pill/Rice-Pill) Poisoning: A Narrative Review
Amir Rasheed, Syed Haider Hassan, Haseeb Mehmood Qadri, Abu-Bakr Ahmed, Muhammad Ahmed, Haysum Khan, Nusrat Fatima, Adeena Azam, Saad Abdullah Dar, Arham Amir Khawaja · 2025
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Amir Rasheed and co-authors review the brain effects of a common pesticide poison in a 2025 paper. Aluminum phosphide tablets, sold as wheat or rice pills for grain storage, are often swallowed in self-harm across South Asia. The poison attacks heart, lungs, and liver, kills quickly, and has no standard antidote. The team gathered the scattered literature on its neurological face, keeping eight studies.
Reported signs ran from dizziness, headache, and limb weakness to falling consciousness, unreactive pupils, convulsions, and coma. Brain scans in single cases showed injury patterns matching global blood flow failure and one stroke in a back artery territory. A few treatments, from paraffin oil to insulin therapy, carry hints of benefit. The authors demand proper trials.
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| CREATOR | Amir Rasheed, Syed Haider Hassan, Haseeb Mehmood Qadri, Abu-Bakr Ahmed, Muhammad Ahmed, Haysum Khan, Nusrat Fatima, Adeena Azam, Saad Abdullah Dar, Arham Amir Khawaja |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |