Hand sanitizers are everywhere because of the Coronavirus, but that has led to an unexpected side effects. Non recommended use of alcohol-based (alcohol) hand sanitizers, including intentional or unintentional ingestion, might be associated with greater health risks in young children than similar use of non-alcohol-based (non-alcohol) hand sanitizers.Hand sanitizer products are 60–70% ethyl alcohol, which can be toxic to young children even in small amounts.After the outbreak of COVID-19 in December 2019 usage of hand sanitizers have increased and the reason for this immense usage of hand sanitizer was suggested by WHO as a preventive measure to control this pandemic, which leads to significantly increased usage of alcohol based hand sanitizers as hand hygiene.Number of cases reported to NPDS about exposure to alcohol and non-alcohol hand sanitizer in children ≤12 years old in the year 2011–14significantly increased.Initial five months of 2020, American Association of Poison Control Center reported 9504 alcoholic hand sanitizer exposure cases in children under the age of 12 years and recognized that even a small amount of alcohol can cause alcohol poisoning in children. In this rising issue, it is very important to pay attention towards Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizer (ABHS) poisoning in order to reduce the risk of sanitizer poisoning especially in young population
The foot is the second commonest location for foreign bodies. The foremost common foreign bodies are needles, metal, glass, wood, and plastic. Though bimetal foreign bodies area unit promptly seen on plain film radiographs, radiolucent bodies like wood area unit pictured poorly, if at all.Though plain radiography is thought to be ineffective for demonstrating radiolucent foreign bodies, it's usually the primary imaging modality used. Herein, we present the case of a 42 years old man who had presented to the clinic with history of pain and swelling in his right foot. On examination, his vitals, heart sounds and breathing during auscultation were found to be normal. This particular individual had no other significant chronic illness. A brief history obtained from the patient revealed that penetrated wooden foreign bodies in his hind sole region. In view of his present complaints, he was successfully managed with antibiotics and pain relieving medications. Our patient comes under the small percentage of cases that had a missed diagnosis as the expulsion of the wooden particles occurred 3 months after the initial visit to the clinic. This case is being presented to enlighten understanding on clinical picture of retained wooden foreign bodies in foot.
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