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| | Acetic acid kidney dialysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Oral provocation tests led to severe anaphylaxis with urticaria, facial flushing, itching of the mucous membranes, hoarseness, dyspnea, tachycardia, and painful uterine cramps after the ingestion of one ml of ethyl alcohol or 50 ml of beer. |
 | | The severe anaphylactic reation after ingestion of as little as one ml of ethyl alcohol associated with a +++ prick test reaction to acetic acid in a definitely non-irritating concentration strongly suggests that the patient's anaphylactic reactions are based on an immediate type allergy to acetic acid, the main metabolite of ethyl alcohol. |
 | | This was attributed to violent interaction of solid chromium trioxide and liquid acetic acid on a hot, exposed steam coil, and subsequent initiation of an explosive mixture of acetic acid vapor and air. |
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