Successful Liver Transplantation After Neurologically Determined Death Donation Following Sodium Nitrite Poisoning

[Shu]

Greetings. Some of you may recall been a while back I mentioned I found a post on Facebook with a picture of a girl in the hospital bed with tubes in her throat. She consumed sodium nitrite and I guess they found her a little too late for her to be saved. Her organ ended up being donated.

Well they seemed to have published an article about it. Here it is.

Successful Liver Transplantation After Neurologically Determined Death Donation Following Sodium Nitrite Poisoning

Sodium nitrite poisoning has been reported with increasing frequency since 2017 and popularized on social media as an effective means to commit suicide. Though accidental, non-intentional consumption has been reported, it is uncommon. Sodium nitrite is a colorless, odorless, yellowish-white...

www.cureus.com

I also wanted to mention I'm not a doctor so don't take anything that I say is fact do your own research. I've read that sodium nitrite/nitrate converts to nitric oxide inside of our body. Nitric Oxide acts as a neuroprotectant supposedly. Maybe it acts as a neuroprotectant for a certain amount of time against certain parts of your brain maybe and if they find you too late after drinking Sodium Nitrite you will suffer brain damage like she did. Maybe I read the article wrong but it mentioned they had the resuscitate her right? I don't know but maybe if they find you too late you will suffer brain death but.. brain death=Death

What do you guys think?

 

[Shu]

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@freelifexit
Thought this might interest you.

 

[Cathy Ames]

I don't recall the post about the FB thing, but I could swear that there was a case study article on here where that happened (organ donation following brain death due to SN poisoning). But I can't find it now. Maybe it is the same person as the one in the article you just shared??

[You know I'm going to go crazy now, looking for it. LOL.]


@Shu , I hope you are laughing WITH me and not AT me. LOL.

Here is the case I had in mind. I think this is an early draft of the article and the final, published draft is not accessible to me. It would be nice to know which organs were donated.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352888176_Fatal_Methaemoglobinaemia_Due_To_Intentional_Sodium_Nitrite_Poisoning

Edited because I somehow messed up the multi-post.

 

[Shu]

I don't recall the post about the FB thing, but I could swear that there was a case study article on here where that happened (organ donation following brain death due to SN poisoning). But I can't find it now. Maybe it is the same person as the one in the article you just shared??

[You know I'm going to go crazy now, looking for it. LOL.]


@Shu , I hope you are laughing WITH me and not AT me. LOL.

Here is the case I had in mind. I think this is an early draft of the article and the final, published draft is not accessible to me. It would be nice to know which organs were donated.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352888176_Fatal_Methaemoglobinaemia_Due_To_Intentional_Sodium_Nitrite_Poisoning

Edited because I somehow messed up the multi-post.

I'm definitely not laughing at you and I wouldn't laugh at you I understand there's so much information we go through in a week.

 

[Cathy Ames]

I'm definitely not laughing at you and I wouldn't laugh at you I understand there's so much information we go through in a week.

I'm impressed with myself that I did manage to find it. There are way too many times when I search and search and never do locate the thing I am looking for.

 

[born2win]

I'm impressed with myself that I did manage to find it. There are way too many times when I search and search and never do locate the thing I am looking for.

im actually the one who first posted this news article i think. My headline was just a bit off i think. Basically it is a surprise the liver did not get damaged, thats it.

 

[Destiny Calls Me]

@Shu Your on the right path. Your body breaks down nitrates into nitrites, which it then converts into either nitric oxide or nitrosamines. SN is common in many foods most notable vegetables and meat. SN is essential to good health obviously in very small quantities. SN can also be linked to Alzheimer's and diabetes.

nitric oxide:

• protects against cardiovascular disease
• It lowers blood pressure.
• It improves blood flow.

nitrosamines are a carcinogen, or a cancer-causing substance. Formation takes place when nitrites are in the presence of amino acids and are exposed to high heat, which is why nitrite-rich processed meats are more likely to contain these disease-causing compounds.

When it comes to organ damage, I found very little to explain why SN doesnt damage organs. The brain damage should obviously be from the lack of oxygen as the methemoglobins rises in the body starving the brain of oxygen.

 

[Cathy Ames]

im actually the one who first posted this news article i think. My headline was just a bit off i think. Basically it is a surprise the liver did not get damaged, thats it.

Yes, it is interesting. Your article had more detailed info than the one I recalled. Based on the blood work, there was a mild injury, and
they considered the situation "less than ideal" but went ahead and did it because when they looked at the actual liver it appeared fine. Then the liver recovered after it was in the second person's body.

[Just a brief recap for any people who didn't read it or didn't understand it.]