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Could The Muscle Spasms Be Due To Contamination Of Body With Pesticides?
Gregor, who works at a pesticide factory, comes to the clinic complaining of muscle spasms that interfere with his movement and breathing. A blood test shows that he has been contaminated with organophosphate pesticide, which is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor. How would you explain to Gregor what this means?
Mon, 28 Jul 2014
acetylcholine is the neurotransmiter. or in layman language you can say it is the chemical by which our brain handles the our whole bodies muscle. this acetylcholineesterase inhibitor is the main constituent of the pestisides. as gregor is exposed to it he has symptoms. acetylcholine if remains for prolong duration in the muscle than it will interfere with the muscle even with the muscle of the respiratory sytems. this is how you can explain to gregor.
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