Severe oesophageal injury caused by Steradent.
An elderly woman swallowed 2 tablets of a denture-cleansing agent (Steradent) believing them to be her sleeping tablets. This caused severe burning pain in the throat and resulted in a tight postcricoid oesophageal stricture. Treatment by repeated dilatation of the stricture has been only partially successful. Characteristic containers for non-medicinal tablets might help those with poor vision, and medicinal and non-medicinal tablets should never be stored in the same place.
D000368:Aged; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000209:etiology*; D003802:Dentifrices / Q000506:poisoning*; D003820:Denture Cleansers / Q000506:poisoning*; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
D003802:Dentifrices; D003820:Denture Cleansers