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  2. Biguanide - Wikipedia

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    Biguanide (/ b aɪ ˈ ɡ w ɒ n aɪ d /) is the organic compound with the formula HN(C(NH)NH 2) 2. It is a colorless solid that dissolves in water to give a highly basic solution. It is a colorless solid that dissolves in water to give a highly basic solution.

  3. Cyanide poisoning - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Manganism - Wikipedia

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    In these lawsuits, welders have accused the manufacturers of failing to provide adequate warning that their products could cause welding fumes to contain dangerously high manganese concentrations that could lead welders to develop manganism. Companies employing welders are also being sued, for what colloquially is known as "welders' disease."

  5. Toxic injury - Wikipedia

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    However, some toxins can cause irreversible permanent damage. Depending on the intensity of the poison of the substance it [2] can affect just one particular organ system or they may produce generalized toxicity by affecting a number of systems. A variety of symptoms occur depending on how and where the toxic injuries affect the body.

  6. Acute toxicity - Wikipedia

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    Acute toxicity is distinguished from chronic toxicity, which describes the adverse health effects from repeated exposures, often at lower levels, to a substance over a longer time period (months or years). It is widely considered unethical to use humans as test subjects for acute (or chronic) toxicity research.

  7. Methemoglobinemia - Wikipedia

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    The diagnosis of methemoglobinemia is made with the typical symptoms, a suggestive history, low oxygen saturation on pulse oximetry measurements (SpO2) and these symptoms (cyanosis and hypoxia) failing to improve on oxygen treatment. The definitive test would be obtaining either CO-oximeter or a methemoglobin level on an arterial blood gas test ...

  8. Benzodiazepine overdose - Wikipedia

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    The most common symptoms of overdose include central nervous system (CNS) depression, impaired balance, ataxia, and slurred speech. Severe symptoms include coma and respiratory depression. Supportive care is the mainstay of treatment of benzodiazepine overdose. There is an antidote, flumazenil, but its use is controversial. [2]

  9. Megavitamin-B6 syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Blood tests are performed to rule out other causes and to confirm an elevated level of vitamin B 6 with an absence of hypophosphatasia. [ 14 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 56 ] [ 57 ] Examination does not typically show signs of a motor deficit , dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system or impairment of the central nervous system , [ 4 ] [ 3 ] although ...