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- A 60 -year -old man followed a erroneous chatgpt advice and replaced salt with sodium bromide for three months.
- He has developed serious poisoning causing neurological and psychiatric disorders, requiring three weeks of hospitalization.
- Do not always rely on chatgpt information and, when they concern food or health, it is better to check the veracity of the advice before applying them.
Chatgpt always seems to have the answer to our questions. And yet, a 60 -year -old man has experienced it: artificial intelligence can be seriously wrong. He asked him by which ingredient to replace the table salt during meals.
Sodium bromide to replace table salt
The chatbot advised him sodium bromide. It is a chemical compound that destroys mycobacteria. It is used in particular to treat water from swimming pools, according to Canadian authorities. And detailed report evokes several risks linked to food, based on studies often carried out on rats: histopathological signs on the thyroid gland, decrease in the relative weight of prostate and testicles, ataxia (incoordination of movements), reduction of motor activity, agitated behavior, hyperexcitability, drop in fertility, etc.
After The Independentin the early 1990s, sodium bromide was present in many over -the -counter drugs to treat insomnia, hysteria and anxiety. But neuropsychiatric and dermatological symptoms were observed after excessive intake.
Ignoring the toxic aspect of this product, the 60 -year -old man put sodium bromide on his dishes for three months. According to a medical report published in the reviewAmerican College of Physicianslittle by little, he has developed several symptoms: paranoia, mental confusion, hearing and visual hallucinations, fatigue and behavioral disorders. He ended up being hospitalized in an emergency.
Man was intoxicated because of sodium bromide
Once in the hospital, doctors diagnose. The patient suffers from Bromismeintoxication caused by sodium bromide. It was treated by infusion and electrolyte. When his physical condition was stabilized, he was admitted to the hospital psychiatry service to treat paranoia and hallucinations. He told doctors to have developed other symptoms such as facial acne and angiomas Cherries. In all, he was hospitalized for three weeks.
“Inspired by his studies of nutrition at university, he decided to carry out personal experience to eliminate chloride from his diet“Write the authors, adding that he replaced the table salt with”Sodium bromide bought on the internet after consulting Chatgpt, where he had read that chloride could be replaced by bromide, probably for other purposes, such as cleaning”.
We must therefore remain cautious with Chatgpt which can also be mistaken. According to a study published in 2023 in the journal Radiologyartificial intelligence provides correct health information in 88 % of cases. The rest of the time, they are inaccurate and sometimes even fictitious.
