POISONING¶
Mild symptoms of poisoning:
- Behavior changes (e.g., restlessness, crankiness)
- Diarrhea
- Dizziness
- Drowsiness
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Loss of appetite
- Minor skin or eye irritation
- Nausea or upset stomach
- Passing cough (cough that comes and goes)
- Soreness or stiffness in the joints
- Thirst
Moderate symptoms of poisoning:
- Blurred vision
- Confusion and disorientation
- Difficulty breathing
- Drooling
- Excessive tearing
- Fever
- Low blood pressure (hypotension)
- Loss of muscle control and muscle twitching
- Paleness (pallor) or flushed or yellowish skin
- Persistent cough
- Rapid heart rate
- Seizures
- Severe diarrhea
- Severe nausea
- Stomach cramps
- Sweating
- Thirst
- Trembling
- Weakness
Major symptoms of poisoning:
- Cardiopulmonary arrest
- Convulsions
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation (condition that causes uncontrolled bleeding or blood clotting)
- Esophageal stricture (narrowing of the organ that carries food from the mouth to the stomach)
- Fever (often high)
- Inability to breathe
- Increased respiration (rapid breathing)
- Loss of consciousness
- Muscle twitching (uncontrolled and severe)
- Rapid heart rate with low blood pressure
- Respiratory distress that requires intubation (involves passing a tube down the trachea [windpipe] to the lungs to provide breathing assistance; mechanical respiration [i.e., a ventilator] may be necessary)
- Seizures that do not respond to treatment (called status epilepticus)
- Thirst (often extreme)