Saturday, February, 11, 2012

Paints - lacquer and varnish removers

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Symptoms
  • Airways and lungs
    • Breathing difficulty (from inhalation)
    • Throat swelling (may also cause breathing difficulty)
  • Eyes, ears, nose, and throat
    • Severe pain in the throat
    • Severe pain or burning in the nose, eyes, ears, lips, or tongue
    • Vision loss
  • Gastrointestinal
    • Abdominal pain -- severe
    • Bloody stools
    • Burns of the esophagus (food pipe)
    • Vomiting, possibly with blood
  • Heart and blood
    • Collapse
    • Low blood pressure -- develops rapidly
  • Skin
    • Burns
    • Irritation
    • Necrosis (holes) in the skin or underlying tissues
  • Nervous system
    • Coma
    • Confusion
    • Dizziness (from sniffing)
    • Feeling of being drunk (euphoria)
    • Uncoordination
    • Unsteadiness

Review Date: 02/01/2010
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)