Sodium hydroxide poisoning

• Respiratory
  • Sneezing
  • Breathing difficulty (from inhalation)
  • Throat swelling (which may also cause breathing difficulty)
  • Lung inflammation
• Eyes, ears, nose, and throat
  • Severe pain in the throat
  • Severe pain or burning in the nose, eyes, ears, lips, or tongue
  • Loss of vision
• Gastrointestinal
  • Severe abdominal pain
  • Vomiting
  • Burns of the esophagus (food pipe) and stomach
  • Vomiting blood
  • Blood in the stool
  • Diarrhea
• Heart and blood vessels
  • Hypotension (low blood pressure) develops rapidly
  • Collapse
• Skin
  • Irritation
  • Burn
  • Necrosis (holes) in the skin or underlying tissues
• Blood
  • Severe change in pH (too much or too little acid in the blood, which leads to damage in all of the body organs)

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