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arsenic intoxication Arsenic poisoning A toxic trace metal that is a key component of herbicides, insecticides, rodenticides, wood preservatives, and used in manufacturing glass, and paints; the usual fatal dose is 100–200 mg; there are
± 1900 arsenic intoxications/yr–US, 85% of which are accidental by children < age 6; the rest are adult suicides Clinical Vague GI–N&V and neurologic–apprehension and SOB symptoms, and a classic sign,
'garlic' breath, followed by dysphagia, tachycardia, severe abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea, then by renal and cardiac failure and circulatory collapse Treatment Dimercaprol–BAL. See Heavy metals. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Acute arsenic intoxication from environmental arsenic exposure. Adult patients were from an area of endemic arsenic intoxication in Guizhou province (Liu et al. 1981) suggested a neurotoxic potential of arsenic after acute arsenic intoxication of human patients that caused a polyneuropathy with prolonged sensory and motor deficits. |
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