去漬油是一主要含5碳至10碳之飽和脂肪族碳氫化合物,其中以6和7碳之飽和脂肪族碳氫化合物最多;去漬油是一種透明液體,無懸浮物及水份,類似汽油味,在工業或家庭中被用來當溶劑或去漬油。如誤吞食,急性會引起腸胃刺激,造成腹痛、腹漲、反胃、嘔吐等症狀;如經身體吸收,將引起中樞神經麻醉及刺激作用,症狀包括無力、暈眩、呼吸變慣、抽筋,甚至失去知覺,若吸入肺部,其症狀會比吞食嚴重且快速並引起併發症,導致肺炎甚至死亡;另外去漬油也有肝臓毒性及心臓的促進感受性。 本文報告三誤食去漬油之病例,病例一爲1歲9個月大男孩,誤食父母擦皮鞋用之去漬油,母親發現後用手指引吐,造成吸入肺部,5分鍾後全身抽筋,10分鍾後送至醫院,鼻胃管洗出含血物,胸部X光片顯示兩側下肺野浸潤,病人很快陷入昏迷及痛苦的呼吸,雖然給予支持性療法及呼吸器,病人4天後死於多重器官衰竭。病例二爲2歲大男孩,母親帶去訪友時誤食辦公室內去漬油,食後有咳嗽,臉部潮紅,眼皮水腫,眼睛週圍及嘴邊有小出血點,送至醫院後吐出含血物,雖然有呼吸急促及心跳加速,但病人意識清醒,7天後出院無併發症。病例三爲1歲2個月大之女孩,誤食放在椅下的去漬油,被父母發現後將之顛倒致引吐,很快地病人昏迷,口鼻出血,發紺及呼吸困難,送至急診處即呼吸中止及心跳變慢,雖經急救仍不治。二死之例皆經家屬引吐及吸入,極可能爲導致該二病童死亡之主因,因此避免引吐及吸入是影響誤食去漬油者存活非常重要的因素。
Cleaning naphtha, a product of Chinese Petroleum Corporation, is a complex hydrocarbon mixture which contains mainly aliphatic hydrocarbons. It is used as a cleaning fluid and solvent. Three toddlers mis-swallowed a mouth of cleaning naphtha accidentally. One developed multiple organ failure before death, another completely recovered without sequelae, and the other died very soon after mis-swallowing. Two fatal cases were both induced vomiting with aspiration immediately after mis-swallowing by their parents. Therefore, inducing vomiting should not be encouraged especially at home, and prevention of aspiration is very important in the management of such cases.