Mild poisoning

Introduction Mild intoxication is a poisonous phenomenon that occurs when the poison enters the body and causes toxic effects, causing the body to be in a disease state. Clinically, the poisoning is classified into mild poisoning, moderate poisoning and severe poisoning according to the severity of its clinical manifestation. Mild poisoning is characterized by small amount of toxic absorption or timely treatment, so the number of clinical symptoms and physical symptoms is small and mild; depending on the exposure to poison, the clinical manifestations of patients with mild poisoning morbidity are different.

Cause

Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, non-irritating suffocating gas. This disease often occurs during brooding in winter. The main reason is that when coal, gas, and charcoal are used as the insulation fuel for brooding, due to the poor ventilation of the doors and windows, the combustion is incomplete, and more carbon monoxide is generated. When the concentration of carbon monoxide in the indoor air is higher than 0.1%, the indoor The young chicks will be poisoned.

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Acute poisoning can be diagnosed according to the following conditions: exposure history (especially similar symptoms and signs of more than two people), clinical manifestations of central nervous system damage and exclusion of other neurological disorders, if necessary, blood HbCO determination. It is not possible to judge the prognosis or formulate a plan accordingly. There is also a lack of correlation between clinical symptoms and HbCO levels. Arterial blood gas examination has no special clinical significance.

Differential diagnosis

Severe poisoning: Excessive or excessive exposure to chemical poisons, causing structural damage and metabolic damage, and disease or death, called poisoning.

Acute poisoning can be diagnosed according to the following conditions: exposure history (especially similar symptoms and signs of more than two people), clinical manifestations of central nervous system damage and exclusion of other neurological disorders, if necessary, blood HbCO determination. It is not possible to judge the prognosis or formulate a plan accordingly. There is also a lack of correlation between clinical symptoms and HbCO levels. Arterial blood gas examination has no special clinical significance.

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