Naja Modi: Dimethyl Sulfate Exposure, Methanol Toxicity, and Cardiac Inflammation

Naja's symptoms are ultimately linked to dimethyl sulfate exposure while trying to make perfume.

Episode sources describe methanol toxicity, abdominal pain, airway inflammation, heart attack-like cardiac injury, and treatment shifting to methylprednisolone after Shaun connects the pattern to caustic chemical exposure.

Dimethyl Sulfate Exposure and Toxic Airway Injury; This is Naja's underlying diagnosis case. It also exposes a bias problem because Shaun moves from chemical evidence to a terrorism accusation before the social explanation is known.

A real team would stabilize urgent problems, verify history and exam, review risks, use targeted testing, involve specialists when needed, document decisions, and reassess when the leading diagnosis fails.

Management depends on cause, severity, capacity, consent, available resources, specialist input, and safe follow-up.