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Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
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D70-D77
D74.9
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Methaemoglobinaemia, unspecified
Methaemoglobinaemia
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Poisoning with Substances that cause Methaemoglobinaemia
Description Medicine treatment D74.9 + (T41.3/T41.4/T46.3 + X44.99/X64.99/Y14.99) DESCRIPTION Substances causing methaemoglobinaemia include nitrites, nitroglycerine, dapsone, mothballs (naphthalene), local anaesthetics, phenazopyridine, chlorates, and anilines. Nitrites are used to cure meat in the formal and informal butchery sector. Patients present with: Deep cyanosis with only mildly reduced