Bromine and salty taste in the mouth

Introduction Acute oral poisoning caused by oral administration of large amounts of bromide has bromine and salty taste, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhea, bloody restlessness, fatigue, insomnia or lethargy, headache, dizziness, disturbance of consciousness, loss of orientation, etc. After the occurrence of emotional abnormalities, excitement, severe cases of mania, paralysis, hallucinations, coma, or toxic psychosis; at the same time can have muscle and joint pain, tremor, ataxia, speech vague, visual disorder, drooping eyelids, Eyeball tremor, pupil diminution, enlargement or unequal, slow light reflection, decreased body temperature and blood pressure, superficial breathing, arrhythmia, stupor and so on. Accumulative chronic poisoning In addition to gastrointestinal symptoms and depression, hallucinations, memory loss, dysesthesia, finger tremors, gait sputum, etc., acne-like rash can still occur.

Cause

Poisoning is caused by accidental ingestion.

an examination

Related inspection

Oral endoscopic oral X-ray examination

The corresponding poison can be detected in the vomit or the cleaning solution to be diagnosed.

Differential diagnosis

It should be differentiated from other acute poisoning caused by irritating and neurotoxic gases such as acute carbon monoxide poisoning, acute hydrogen sulfide poisoning, acute phosphine poisoning acute methyl chloride poisoning, acute methyl iodide poisoning.

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