Friday, May 24, 2013

Methyl salicylate overdose

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Alternative Names

Deep heating rubs overdose; Oil of wintergreen overdose


Symptoms
  • Bladder and kidneys
    • Kidney failure
  • Eyes, ears, nose, and throat
    • Eye irritation
    • Loss of vision
    • Ringing in the ears
    • Throat swelling
  • Heart and blood
    • Collapse
  • Lungs and airways
    • Difficulty breathing
    • No breathing
    • Rapid breathing
  • Nervous system
    • Agitation
    • Coma
    • Confusion
    • Convulsions
    • Deafness
    • Dizziness
    • Drowsiness
    • Hallucinations
    • Headache
    • Fever
    • Seizures
  • Stomach and intestines
    • Nausea
    • Vomiting, possibly bloody


Review Date: 01/26/2010
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)