Sulfuric acid poisoning
Alternative Names
Battery acid poisoning; Hydrogen sulfate poisoning; Oil of vitriol poisoning; Matting acid poisoning; Vitriol brown oil poisoning
Symptoms
Initial symptoms include severe pain on contact.
Symptoms from swallowing may also include:
- Breathing difficulty due to throat swelling
- Burns in the mouth and throat
- Drooling
- Fever
- Rapid development of low blood pressure
- Severe pain in the mouth and throat
- Speech problems
- Vomiting, with blood
- Vision loss
Symptoms from breathing in the poison may include:
- Bluish skin, lips, and fingernails
- Breathing difficulty
- Body weakness
- Chest pain (tightness)
- Choking
- Coughing
- Coughing up blood
- Dizziness
- Low blood pressure
- Rapid pulse
- Shortness of breath
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