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Depending on the type and amount of irritant gas inhaled, victims can experience symptoms ranging from minor respiratory discomfort to acute airway and lung injury and even death. A common response cascade to a variety of irritant gases includes inflammation , edema and epithelial sloughing , which if left untreated can result in scar formation ...
Very high levels can also damage the lungs or cause death. Symptoms of anhydrous ammonia exposure include breathing difficulty; irritation of the eyes, nose or throat; and burns or blisters.
Abnormal lung sounds (wet or gurgling sounds when breathing) [2] Chest pain, tightness or burning sensation [4] Chronic: Persistent cough [4] Shortness of breath [2] Increased susceptibility to respiratory illness [4] Symptoms of chronic chemical pneumonitis may or may not be present, and can take months or years to develop to the point of ...
Smoke inhalation is the breathing in of harmful fumes (produced as by-products of combusting substances) through the respiratory tract. [1] This can cause smoke inhalation injury (subtype of acute inhalation injury) which is damage to the respiratory tract caused by chemical and/or heat exposure, as well as possible systemic toxicity after smoke inhalation.
Combining bleach and ammonia creates a poisonous chloramine gas that can cause irritation and injury to the lungs. Here's what to do if you're exposed. Thousands of people accidentally mix ammonia ...
Additionally, irritability, fatigue, and headaches are common symptoms associated with prolonged exposure to high CO2 levels.” She advises improving indoor air quality by opening windows or ...
Exposure to high level of nitrogen dioxide may lead to inflammation of the mucous membrane and the lower and upper respiratory tracts. [11] The symptoms of acute nitrogen dioxide poisoning is non-specific and have a semblance with ammonia gas poisoning, chlorine gas poisoning, and carbon monoxide poisoning.
Any references on the internet to pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis or silicosis being caused by 'sharp particles [which] lacerate lining of lungs; causing victim to leak air from their lungs while simultaneously bleeding into their lung cavity' [13] are inaccurate. Particles of a size able to enter the lung (< 10 μm ...