POISONING

Mild symptoms of poisoning:

  1. Behavior changes (e.g., restlessness, crankiness)
  2. Diarrhea
  3. Dizziness
  4. Drowsiness
  5. Fatigue
  6. Headache
  7. Loss of appetite
  8. Minor skin or eye irritation
  9. Nausea or upset stomach
  10. Passing cough (cough that comes and goes)
  11. Soreness or stiffness in the joints
  12. Thirst

Moderate symptoms of poisoning:

  1. Blurred vision
  2. Confusion and disorientation
  3. Difficulty breathing
  4. Drooling
  5. Excessive tearing
  6. Fever
  7. Low blood pressure (hypotension)
  8. Loss of muscle control and muscle twitching
  9. Paleness (pallor) or flushed or yellowish skin
  10. Persistent cough
  11. Rapid heart rate
  12. Seizures
  13. Severe diarrhea
  14. Severe nausea
  15. Stomach cramps
  16. Sweating
  17. Thirst
  18. Trembling
  19. Weakness

Major symptoms of poisoning:

  1. Cardiopulmonary arrest
  2. Convulsions
  3. Disseminated intravascular coagulation (condition that causes uncontrolled bleeding or blood clotting)
  4. Esophageal stricture (narrowing of the organ that carries food from the mouth to the stomach)
  5. Fever (often high)
  6. Inability to breathe
  7. Increased respiration (rapid breathing)
  8. Loss of consciousness
  9. Muscle twitching (uncontrolled and severe)
  10. Rapid heart rate with low blood pressure
  11. 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)
  12. Seizures that do not respond to treatment (called status epilepticus)
  13. Thirst (often extreme)