Clinical Case Report of Hydrogen Peroxide Poisoning is Treated by Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Hydrogen peroxide is a commonly used oxidizing agent with many different uses such as: as a multi-purpose disinfectant, non-chlorine bleach, hair dye, chlorine neutralizer in water, as a cleaning agent.bleaching in paper production, making wound cleaning agents, sterilizing ophthalmic instruments, etc. Owing to its applications in many fields, ingestion of hydrogen peroxide is not a rare case of poisoning.A 30-yearold female patient presented to our poison control center because of epigastric pain after drinking industrial hydrogen peroxide.Physical examination revealed that the patient was conscious, had no signs of infection, was hemodynamically stable, and had abdominal tenderness in many epigastric areas.Computed tomography results showed air in the biliary tract in the liver, air in the stomach wall, and poor drug enhancement in the stomach wall.Faced with the risk of gastric wall necrosis and gas embolism, the patient was prescribed hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO).After 3 days of hyperbaric oxygen treatment, the patient's clinical condition improved significantly.This article aims to discuss the mechanism of injury in hydrogen peroxide poisoning and hyperbaric oxygen therapy HBO in concentrated hydrogen peroxide poisoning.