Roa, Josefina Carmen P.

April 16, 2021

Activity No. 3

Diagnosis and Evaluation of Poisoning

Symptoms Intoxicating Substances

a. irregular heartbeat Caffeine
Orphenadrine
Sympathomimetics
Tricyclic antidepressants
b. spasticity of the abdomen Arsenic
Black Widow Spider envenomation or intoxication
Lead
c. hyperemia Arsenic
Chloroform
Cocaine
Potassium cyanide
d. cherry red color of the skin Carbon monoxide
Cyanide
e. Kussmaul respiration Acetone
Alcohols
Salicylates
f. garlic odor of breath Arsenic
Antimony
Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO)
Organophosphate
Phosphite/Phosphorus
Selenium
Sulfur Mustard
Tellurium
Thallium
g. hair loss Arsenic
Antimony
Boric acid
Botulinum toxin
Colchicine
Mercury
Podostroma cornu- damae
Selenium
Synthetic opioid MT-45
Thallium
Vit. A
h. delirium Amphetamine
Carbon monoxide
Cocaine
 Ecstasy (MDMA)
Lithium
Mushroom toxins
Organophosphorus insecticides
Thallium
i. paresthesia Arsenic
Lead
Mercury
Thallium
j. ataxia Alcohols
Antidepressants
Barbiturates
Lithium
Mercury
Narcotics
Phenytoin
Thallium

References:

Abnormal Respiration
https://www.statpearls.com/ArticleLibrary/viewarticle/23959#:~:text=Toxic%20ingestio
ns%2C%20particularly%20alcohols%2C%20are,results%20in%20lactic%20or%20ketoacid
osis.
Alopecia and Associated Toxic Agents
https://www.karger.com/Article/Fulltext/485749#:~:text=The%20toxic%20agents%20fo
und%20to,%2D45%20(Table%201).
An Approach to Drug-induced Delirium in the Elderly
https://pmj.bmj.com/content/80/945/388
J Forensic Sci & Criminal Inves Assessment and Diagnosis of Poisoning with Characteristics
Features in Living or Dead
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329355501_J_Forensic_Sci_Criminal_Inves_
Assessment_and_Diagnosis_of_Poisoning_with_Characteristics_Features_in_Living_or_
Dead
Lithium intoxication – s
https://www.slideshare.net/amirabadr71216/lithium-intoxication-s-58075497
Toxin Induced Odors
https://fpnotebook.com/er/toxin/TxnIndcdOdrs.htm
WHO | Symptoms of exposure to highly toxic chemicals
https://www.who.int/environmental_health_emergencies/deliberate_events/symptom
s_en.pdf