Question: My 2 boys (4 & 2 years old) are g6pd deficient. What if they were exposed to fogging? There are fogging recently in my housing area. I didn’t manage to bring them out and away from the house and fogging area. The thick fog came into the house and lasted for about 20 mins to half an hour before fully dissolve. i only manage to cover my sons’ head with my shawl to avoid them inhaling the fog directly. Will that be enough? (nifs)
Answer: Hi, the recent event that happened if harmful to them, it would have already shown the effects by now. Prolonged exposure might be harmful. If fogging chemical contain DDT which may result in reduction of G6PD activity, but for human being, large amount from prolonged exposure would be needed to cause harm. The effects should be quite immediate and not accumulatively over a period of days and weeks. The effects seen would be sudden turning pale and weak, and jaundiced,