Methanol poisoning can usually be treated successfully if it’s diagnosed within 10 to 30 hours after ingestion and the patient is admitted to the hospital. Close. Leave a Comment.

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On Friday, the U.S. State Department said it was aware of "a number of cases of suspected methanol poisoning" in Vang Vieng, a popular tourist destination in Laos, specifically for backpackers.

Experts have explained how methanol poisoning affects your body and can lead to death after five tourists died and many others fell ill who were staying at the tourist town of Vang Vieng in Laos.

Like ethanol, methanol reacts with oxygen in the body. In the case of ethanol, this process makes acetaldehyde—a toxic chemical—and then acetate, or acetic acid, the acid found in vinegar.

Methanol poisonings have been known to kill dozens of people at at time. In 2020, 44 people died in Iran after they reportedly thought guzzling the phony booze would keep them safe from Covid-19.

Deaths and hospitalizations of travelers in Laos and Fiji after they consumed drinks containing alcohol raised concerns about possible methanol poisoning. Here are signs you can look out for.

Methanol is highly toxic, so as little as 25ml can prove fatal. Methanol poisoning can be treated by using ethanol to counter the effects on the body - but only within the first 10 to 30 hours ...