Acquired methaemoglobinemia

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• Causes

  • Nitrates
  • Lignocaine
  • Dapsone
  • Primaquine
  • Sulphonamide
  • Potassium perchlorate
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Silver sufadiazine
  • Nitroprusside
  • Aniline
  • Septicaemia
  • Cigarette smoking

• Effects

  • Hypoxaemia
  • Mental retardation
  • Blue-grey skin pigmentation

• Parents

  • Methaemoglobinaemia
  • Acquired metabolic disease

• Description

  • "More common than congenital variety "