CHARACTERISTICS OF FORENSIC MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS OF POISONING BY HOUSEHOLD GAS IN LIVING PERSONS
One of the important problems of modern medical science is the study of pathological conditions caused by various toxicants. In addition to man-caused poisoning and the environmental deterioration at present time the poisoning associated with such phenomena as drug addiction and toxic substance abuse is a particular problem. This fact is a worldwide problem affecting generally the working-age population, young people, teenagers, children. It’s not an easy matter to establish forensic medical diagnosis in such cases. The reasons are the following: the absence of a clear description of the clinical picture and the impossibility to carry out a forensic chemical research in most cases. Talking about this type of poisoning it is difficult to evaluate the severity of harm to human’s health as well. The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiology, clinical manifestations of poisoning by household gas, to determine the severity of the injury. The results of this study let us to reveal the epidemiological characteristics, clinical manifestations typical of poisoning by household gas and to establish medical criteria to determine the severity of the injury.