Solder

For acids found in solders:

• burns of mouth and throat

• body as a whole
  • metallic taste
  • skin paleness
  • tremor
  • twitching
  • convulsions
  • paralysis
  • muscle aches
  • fatigue
  • weakness
  • joint pain
  • excessive thirst
  • incoordination
• eyes, ears, nose, and throat
  • jaundice (eyes appear yellow)
  • vision abnormalities
• skin
  • yellow skin
• gastrointestinal
  • loss of appetite
  • weight loss
  • constipation
  • vomiting
  • diarrhea
  • abdominal pain
• heart and blood vessels
  • low blood pressure
  • high blood pressure
• nervous system
  • easily excitable
  • coma
  • hallucinations
  • lack of desire to do anything
  • irritable
  • uncooperative
  • headache
  • sleeping difficulty
  • confusion

• body as a whole
  • burns in the mouth and throat
  • convulsions
  • collapse
  • blood in urine
  • decreased urine output
  • no urine output
• eyes, ears, nose, and throat
  • jaundice (eyes appear yellow)
• skin
  • yellow skin
• gastrointestinal
  • vomiting
  • diarrhea

For ethylene glycol:

• the amount of ethylene glycol in solder is small, but the substance is extremely toxic
• renal
  • kidney failure
• blood
  • extreme disturbances in blood pH which can lead to multi-organ failure and death.

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