• Sources
  • Windshield wiper
  • Industrial solvents: used in industrial settings as a solvent in paint thinners, varnishes, and cleaning products.
  • Fuel additive: sometimes added to fuel, especially in racing fuel (less common mode of ingestion).
  • Homemade alcohol (moonshine): errors in the distilling process can lead to accidental methanol fermentation and ingestion.
• Methanol poisoning can cause severe brain and retinal toxicity
  • Survivors may experience blindness and Parkinsonian-like syndrome
• Causes AGMA
  • If Osmotic Gap (<10) is gone, unsalvageable

Treatment