poisoning

  • 51chimaera poisoning — poisoning resulting from eating the flesh or viscera of ratfishes. The oviducts of Hydrolagus are toxic to mice. The flesh of chimaeras is reputed to have a stupefying effect …

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  • 52cyclostome poisoning — poisoning from eating Myxinidae or Petromyzontidae generally characterized by nausea, vomiting, dysenteric diarrhoea, tenesmus, abdominal pain, and weakness, with recovery within several days. Most poisonings are reported as due to failure to de… …

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  • 53anticholinergic poisoning — poisoning caused by overdosage with an anticholinergic agent or by ingestion of plants such as jimsonweed that contain belladonna alkaloids. It is characterized by dry mouth, hot, dry, flushed skin, fixed and dilated pupils, sinus tachycardia,… …

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  • 54barium poisoning — poisoning from excessive ingestion of barium or one of its salts, characterized by gastrointestinal symptoms such as stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, followed by severe, sometimes fatal hypokalemia with paralysis …

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  • 55bismuth poisoning — poisoning from excessive or chronic ingestion of bismuth or its salts; symptoms include anuria, stomatitis, dermatitis, and diarrhea. Called also bismuthism and bismuthosis …

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  • 56boron poisoning — poisoning by ingestion of boron, boric acid, or a borate salt such as sodium borate (borax). Symptoms include weakness, ataxia, tremors, convulsions, and often death …

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  • 57bracken poisoning — poisoning of animals after eating Pteridium aquilinum (bracken). In monogastric animals it consists of severe intoxication due to enzymatic destruction of thiamine by a thiaminase present in the plant; in ruminants it is apparently due to a… …

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  • 58broom poisoning — poisoning by ingestion of Cytisus scoparius or other broom plants, which contain sparteine and cytisine. Characteristics include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and sometimes clonic convulsions or fatal respiratory paralysis …

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  • 59buckthorn poisoning — poisoning from ingestion of the fruit of Karwinskia humboldtiana (buckthorn), which contains a neurotoxin. Demyelination and axonal degeneration occur in peripheral nerves, slowly progressing to muscle weakness and paralysis that can cause death …

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  • 60cadmium poisoning — poisoning from excessive ingestion of cadmium or breathing in of its fumes; symptoms include nausea, vomiting, salivation, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and occasionally cardiovascular collapse. Long term exposure may cause renal disease with… …

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