CASES OF NON-CLINICALLY MANIFESTED METHANOL INTOXICATIONS – DIAGNOSTICS

The high toxicity of methyl alcohol is usually related to the created formaldehyde and formic acid in organisms. Some researchers, however, assign the high toxicity to other factors such as the long-time circulation of methyl alcohol in blood in an unaffected fashion. For that reason, in cases of non clinically manifested intoxications, the results of the chemical and toxicological analysis play core and very important role for the diagnostics and follow up treatment procedures. Key words: methyl alcohol; acute poisoning. The purpose of this research is to study the importance of the chemical and toxicological tests for the diagnostics and for the treatment of acute intoxications with methyl alcohol without clinical manifestation. SAMPLE AND METHODS. Presented are 5 cases of methanol intoxications without clinical behavior. Diagnostics has bee