Located at 1 month and 29 days, without a history of interest, who came to the Pediatric Emergency Department after ingesting six drops of tea tree oil 30 minutes before.
The product was administered by their parents due to an error when confused with a vitamin D package. After ingestion, the patient was asymptomatic and on arrival at the Emergency Department showed a normal physical and neurological examination.
The National Toxicology Center was contacted and informed of the risk of gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms, as in the previous case, so the patient was admitted for clinical surveillance.
Initial capillary gas showed mild respiratory acidosis (pH 7.32, CO2 49 mmHg, HCO3 22 mmol/l), with subsequent normalization.
She was discharged after ten hours, asymptomatic at all times.
