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Eating amygdalin will cause it to release cyanide in the human body, and may lead to cyanide poisoning. [ 1 ] Since the early 1950s, both amygdalin and a chemical derivative named laetrile have been promoted as alternative cancer treatments , often under the misnomer vitamin B 17 (neither amygdalin nor laetrile is a vitamin ). [ 2 ]
Cyanide poisoning is poisoning that results from exposure to any of a number of forms of cyanide. [4] Early symptoms include headache, dizziness, fast heart rate, shortness of breath, and vomiting. [2] This phase may then be followed by seizures, slow heart rate, low blood pressure, loss of consciousness, and cardiac arrest. [2]
As a result of cholinergic crisis, the muscles stop responding to the high synaptic levels of ACh, leading to flaccid paralysis, respiratory failure, and other signs and symptoms reminiscent of organophosphate poisoning. Other symptoms include increased sweating, salivation, bronchial secretions along with miosis (constricted pupils).
The progressive symptoms of anatoxin-a exposure are loss of coordination, twitching, convulsions and rapid death by respiratory paralysis. The nerve tissues which communicate with muscles contain a receptor called the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Stimulation of these receptors causes a muscular contraction.
Caustic ingestion occurs when someone accidentally or deliberately ingests a caustic or corrosive substance.Depending on the nature of the substance, the duration of exposure and other factors it can lead to varying degrees of damage to the oral mucosa, the esophagus, and the lining of the stomach.
Common symptoms are often flulike and include headache, dizziness, upset stomach, chest pain or confusion, but highly concentrated levels of CO can cause a person to pass out without feeling symptoms.
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[1] [2] Symptoms are typically vague and non-specific. They may include fatigue, headaches, nausea, respiratory problems, seizures, confusion, lethargy, pain, and dizziness. Recent imaging studies have shown that it is likely a neurological condition. [3] MCS is a chronic disease that requires ongoing management. In the long term, about half of ...