[HN Gopher] Police warn public after Texas woman poisoned by a n...
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       Police warn public after Texas woman poisoned by a napkin in door
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       Author : Vaslo
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2022-08-23 20:10 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | jfengel wrote:
       | "Tingling fingertips" hardly seems like "acute poisoning". And
       | brief chest pain seems more likely to be the result of chest
       | pain.
       | 
       | So "acute poisoning from an unknown substance" seems doubtful to
       | me.
        
         | Ferrotin wrote:
         | "Acute" is used as in "acute toxicity" versus "chronic
         | toxicity." Poisoning via one-time exposure, as opposed to, say,
         | a decade of eating lead paint.
        
         | allears wrote:
         | I've never heard of someone being poisoned by touching a
         | napkin. Is there some substance that can be absorbed through
         | the skin so quickly? Sounds like something in a murder mystery
         | or sci-fi story.
        
           | jleyank wrote:
           | Yeah, but why would a nerve agent or other bio toxic compound
           | be worth putting there? I would them such compounds would
           | provide physical or biochemical evidence, though. Such as
           | pinhole pupils, rigidity or cns depression. Are there
           | "entertainment" compounds that cause tingling as panic might
           | account for the rest. Or something that's a stimulant. Prank?
        
           | UncleOxidant wrote:
           | Russia has used such things against opponents of Putin. But
           | these kinds of substances are hard to come by.
        
           | jfengel wrote:
           | Such substances do exist, though they're never as convenient
           | and reliable as mystery writers make them out to be.
           | 
           | In this case, I'd guess that what was on the napkin is
           | "nothing", and her mind does the rest of the work. Though
           | tingling in the fingertips can be produced by a vast array of
           | substances, and my second guess would be "napkin smeared with
           | Ben Gay".
        
           | e9 wrote:
           | DMSO is one of those substances. You can dissolve other
           | substances in it and if you apply it on the skin it would go
           | through. It leaves skin very dry and it tingles a lot. You
           | would need to apply water or hydration cream to stop the
           | tingling. But napkin would need to be drenched in it and it
           | would probably evaporate quickly too if left for too long.
        
       | aaron695 wrote:
        
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