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==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
1. '''Drug Induced''' | '''1.''' '''Drug Induced''' | ||
• Anesthetics like *[[benzocaine]], *[[lidocaine]], *[[prilocaine]] | • Anesthetics like *[[benzocaine]], *[[lidocaine]], *[[prilocaine]] | ||
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• *[[Chlorates and Bromates]] | • *[[Chlorates and Bromates]] | ||
'''2. Contaminated well water''' (in premature infants and infants younger than 4 months) | |||
'''3. Solid foods''' (not well cooked vegetables high in nitrates in premature infants and infants younger than 4 months) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Causes
1. Drug Induced
• Anesthetics like *benzocaine, *lidocaine, *prilocaine
• *Nitric oxide
• *Amilnitrate
• Antimalarial drugs like *Primaquine phosphate (in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) methemoglobin reductase deficient individuals)
• *Rasburicase
• *Dapsone
• *Trimethoprim
• *Sulfonamides
• *Aniline dyes
2. Contaminated well water (in premature infants and infants younger than 4 months)
3. Solid foods (not well cooked vegetables high in nitrates in premature infants and infants younger than 4 months)