- or
absorbed through the skin.
Poisoning is not to be
confused with envenomation.
Acute poisoning is
exposure to a
poison on one
occasion or
during a short...
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Cyanide poisoning is
poisoning that
results from
exposure to any of a
number of
forms of cyanide.
Early symptoms include headache, dizziness, fast heart...
- Lead
poisoning, also
known as
plumbism and saturnism, is a type of
metal poisoning caused by lead in the body.
Symptoms may
include abdominal pain, constipation...
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Paracetamol poisoning, also
known as
acetaminophen poisoning, is
caused by
excessive use of the
medication paracetamol (acetaminophen). Most
people have...
-
acute poisons to
target organisms,
although acute or less
observable chronic poisoning can also
occur in non-target
organisms (secondary
poisoning), including...
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Mercury poisoning is a type of
metal poisoning due to
exposure to mercury.
Symptoms depend upon the type, dose, method, and
duration of exposure. They...
- Sri Lanka,
pesticide poisonings from short-term very high
level of
exposure (acute
poisoning) is the most
worrisome type of
poisoning. However, in developed...
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Protein poisoning (also
referred to
colloquially as
rabbit starvation, mal de caribou, or fat starvation) is an
acute form of
malnutrition caused by a...
-
plague or
tuberculosis were
especially favored for well-
poisoning. Additionally, well
poisoning was one of the
three gravest antisemitic accusations made...
-
severe carbon monoxide poisoning. The
highest reported non-fatal
carboxyhemoglobin level was 73% COHb.
Efforts to
prevent poisoning include carbon monoxide...
