Poisoning

Poisoning: Introduction

There are many substances that are harmful to humans. Probably the most common is food poisoning (typically from bacteria or parasites), but also dangerous are various heavy metals (e.g. lead, arsenic, mercury, etc.), gases such as carbon monoxide, drug overdose, alcohol poisoning, numerous household chemicals, and many others.

Symptoms of Poisoning

• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Diarrhoea
• Abdominal pain
• Agitation
• more symptoms...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Poisoning:

• Food Allergies & Intolerances: Home Testing:
  • Home Food Allergy Tests
  • Home Food Intolerance Testing
  • Home Water Testing
  • Home Lead Poisoning Tests
  • Home Heavy Metal Poisoning Tests
• Poison-Related Home Testing:
  • Home Water Test Kits
  • Home Carbon Monoxide Tests
  • Home Microwave Radiation Tests
  • Home Lead Poisoning Testing
  • Home Radon Gas Tests
  • Home Heavy Metal Poisoning Testing
• more tests...»

Poisoning: Complications

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Medical Textbooks Online about Poisoning

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Poisoning?

• Misdiagnosis of Poisoning
• Failure to diagnose Poisoning
• Hidden causes of Poisoning (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Poisoning

Misdiagnosis and Poisoning

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Poisoning: Research Doctors & Specialists

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• Poisoning / Toxicology Specialists:
  • Medical Toxicology (Poisoning Specialists)
  • Pediatric Medical Toxicology (Child Poisoning)
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Causes of Poisoning

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News Archives for Poisoning

Medical news articles related to Poisoning include:

• Health Tip: Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Irradiation Almost Erases Risk of Food Poisoning
• Radon Gas More Deadly Than Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• U. S. Food Safety: Protect Yourself Against Food Poisoning
• Health Tip: Get Children Tested for Lead Poisoning
• Health Tip: Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Health Tip: Food Poisoning From Fish
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

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Prognosis for Poisoning

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Reseach about Poisoning

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Clinical Trials for Poisoning

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Poisoning include:

• Cyanide Poisoning in Fire Victims - Carbon monoxide poisoning
• Is it Possible to Treat Cyanide Poisoning With HBO? - Carbon monoxide poisoning
• Environmental Contaminants and Infant Development - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Randomized Study of Succimer (Dimercaptosuccinic Acid) on Growth of Lead-Poisoned Children - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - succimer
• Social Network Based Intervention to Reduce Lead Exposure Among Native American Children - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 133 Clinical Trials for Poisoning

Statistics for Poisoning

• Medical statistics for Poisoning
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Poisoning
• Death and Mortality statistics for Poisoning
• Society statistics for Poisoning

Poisoning: Broader Related Topics

• Non-Contagious Diseases
• more types...»

Types of Poisoning

Types of Poisoning

• Food Poisoning
• Heavy metal poisoning
• Carbon monoxide poisoning
• Radon poisoning
• Chemical poisoning
• more types...»

See full list of 13 Types of Poisoning

Stories from Users Related to Poisoning

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Definitions of Poisoning:

Carbon monoxide (CO). A poisonous colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. It combines with hemoglobin to form carboxyhemoglobin, which has no oxygen carrying capacity. The resultant oxygen deprivation causes headache, dizziness, decreased pulse and respiratory rates, unconsciousness, and death. (From Merck Index, 11th ed) - (Source - Diseases Database)

The physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance - (Source - WordNet 2.1)