Drug Cause Ventricular Fibrillation
Health Encyclopedia: Hydrofluoric Acid
Fluorhydric acid
Symptoms
From swallowing:
- Severe pain in the mouth
- Fever
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Inability to breathe as the throat swells shut - Severe throat pain
- Severe abdominal pain
- Vomiting
- Rapid drop in blood pressure
- Ventricular fibrillation
From breathing in (inhaling) the acid:
- Chills
- Fever
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Tight chest - Coughing
- Fluid in the lungs
- Choking
- Bluish colored lips and fingernails
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Health Guide
Ventricular fibrillation
VF; Fibrillation - ventricular Definition Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is a severely abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) that causes death unless... Read more »Hyperkalemia
...heart beat) that progressively slows. Heart block that may become complete heart block. Ventricular fibrillation. ECG may show changes indicative of hyperkalemia. ... Read more »Arrhythmias
...is supraventricular tachycardia, or a more dangerous arrhythmia such as ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation, which are potentially fatal The overall pumping ability of the... Read more »Intracardiac electrophysiology study (EPS)
...extra electrical pathway, causing the signal to avoid the normal path through the AV node. Ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia can occur when muscle cells in the... Read more »Refrigerants
...painVomitingBurns of the esophagus (food pipe)Vomiting bloodBlood in the stool Heart and blood vessels Ventricular fibrillation and death (sudden sniffing death syndrome)Collapse Skin ... Read more »Images
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