Acute Bilateral Vision And Hearing Loss Following High-Dose Selenium Ingestion: A Case Report

August 2026 in “ Frontiers in Pharmacology ”

Xueping Liu, Huiting Liu, Yuquan Chen, Zhiqian Yang, Yifan Ye, Yongxiang Tang, Yingying Huang, Zhi Wang

Studysummary In this case report, a 27-year-old woman experienced severe multisystem toxicity, including toxic encephalopathy, vision, and hearing loss, after ingesting selenium at occupationally high doses, suggesting such exposure can lead to previously unreported effects of vision and hearing impairment.

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