1. Camphor poisoning is exclusively seen in Hindus for whom camphor is an important component of puja material.

2. Todlers 1 to 3 years are commonly involved since they have easy access to camphor when they are playing arround grandparents busy in performing puja with camphor arround.

3. Most common presentation is afebrile seizures.

4. Camphor is so rapid acting that child gets seizures within seconds of camphor ingestion.

5. Very small doses can cause seizures. I remember a 1-year-old child brought with seizures who had consumed prasad of coconut piece just coated with camphor because both camphor and coconut were lying in close vicinity in same puja thali.

6. Camphor poisoning is so common in our region that I have made a dictum that any small child if brought with afebrile seizures for the first time in life, always ask history of camphor ingestion. In 50 to 60% cases I could get positive history. Generally parents do not provide history of camphor ingestion unless asked for and I have seen patients getting investigated in detail for that afebrile seizure episode in form of CSF/CT/EEG etc, which is unnecessary if you can extract the correct history.

7. Generally a single dose of IV midazolam was found to be enough and patient became totally normal within one or two hours, with no residual deficit.