Lipstick

Injury	Disease	Nutrition	Poison

Symptoms	Surgery	Test	Special Topic

Lipstick

Alternative Names:

Lip gloss; Lip balm
Home Treatment:

With any toxic ingestion or allergic reaction, seek emergency medical care immediately. Call Poison Control for further information.

Before Calling Emergency:

Determine the following information:

The patient's age, weight, and condition
Name of the product (ingredients and strengths, if known)
The time it was swallowed
The amount swallowed

Poison Control, or a local emergency number:

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See Poison Control centers for telephone numbers and addresses. Take the container with you to the emergency room.

What to expect at the emergency room:

Some or all of the following procedures may be performed:

Treat the allergic reaction with diphenhydramine and prednisone.
For swallowed poison:
- Placement of a tube down the nose and into the stomach (a nasogastric tube, or an NG tube) to wash out the stomach (gastric lavage).
- Activated charcoal administration.
- Endoscopy -- the placement of a camera down the throat to see the extent of burns to the esophagus and the stomach.
- Give IV fluids.
- Admission to the hospital.
- Give an antidote.
- Treat the symptoms.
For skin exposure:
- Irrigation (washing of the skin), perhaps every few hours for several days.
- Skin debridement (surgical removal of burned skin).
- Admission or transfer to a hospital that specializes in burn care.

Expectations (prognosis):

With any toxic exposure, recovery and prognosis depend on the extent of the exposure and the time to treatment. These products are relatively nontoxic, so recovery will normally occur.