Not sure if this is a step 1 or step 2 ques

[KNightInBlue]

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Hey guys, I came across this question on a usmle site (I forget which one, pretty sure it was a blog of some kind), anway, I was wondering if someone could shed some light on it -


if a kid drinks lighter fluid, what organ is hit?
A. brain
B. lungs
C. heart
D. liver
E. kidney

 

[arthrodisiac]

lungs

 

[KNightInBlue]

lungs

care to elaborate arthrodisiac? why lungs? why not heart?

 

[arthrodisiac]

has something to do with the viscosity of the fluid...causes aspiration into the lungs and chemical pneumonitis or something like that.

 

[Idiopathic]

I think it might be more inhalation than aspiration...i.e. you drink a volatile compound and it aerates and goes wherever the air goes.