Hot post said that the wardrobe puts the brain pills can cause mental retardation to see how the doctor interprets

[ Chinese wardrobe network ] Recently, a post titled "Parents pay attention!! Don't use this thing to store your child's clothing, which can lead to children's mental retardation" caused quite a stir, the "this thing" in the post is Refers to the mothballs placed in the closet . Is the fact really like the horror in the post? See how the professional doctor interprets it.

Long-term exposure to mothballs for 8 months baby mental retardation?

Yesterday, the reporter opened a post from Ms. Lin, the content is from a doctor's advice. According to the post, an 8-month-old baby was recently taken to the hospital. The baby’s mother said that the child was very lively at the time of birth. I didn’t expect it to be five or six months old. The baby often looked dull and looked better than other children. It is also often convulsing, now 8 months, the call to parents is very slow. The doctor smelled the child with a mothball when he checked the child. After the baby is examined, it is diagnosed by the doctor as acute hemolysis, and there is a mental disorder. It is initially confirmed that the clothes with the smell of mothballs are worn for a long time.

Hot post said that the wardrobe puts the brain pills can cause mental retardation to see how the doctor interprets

According to the post, the reason is that the main component of the mothball is naphthalene. There is very little glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in the red blood cells in the newborn. When the newborn wears clothes with the smell of mothballs, Naphthalene will enter the body's red blood cells, leading to acute hemolysis, or in a serious time or cause different degrees of intelligent backwardness, movement disorders and so on.

"The wardrobe at home has been using mothballs for a long time. After seeing this post, I immediately lost the mothballs." Ms. Lin said.

Doctor: Online saying is too exaggerated, parents don't have to be nervous

Yesterday, the reporter visited several supermarkets and found that there are two main types of products used for anti-mildew and anti-mite on the market: one is natural camphor wood products, and the other is chemically synthesized mothballs. The former is more expensive. Chemically synthesized mothballs, mostly composed of p-dichlorobenzene or naphthalene.

Hot post said that the wardrobe puts the brain pills can cause mental retardation to see how the doctor interprets

"Since it can be sold in the market, it has been tested by relevant departments." A salesperson told reporters.

Is the common mothball in the home really bring such a big harm to the baby? Yesterday, Wang Wei, the chief physician of the provincial hospital pediatrics, told the reporter that the post was too exaggerated. There is an enzyme in the red blood cells of normal people, which can quickly combine with volatile naphthalene to form non-toxic substances, which are excreted with urine, so there is no adverse reaction. Some people lack glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, which destroys red blood cells and causes acute hemolysis.