Signs and Symptoms of Industrial Poisons

• Odor of breath:

  Shoe polish - nitrobenzene
• Odor of breath:

  Fruity odor - ethanol
• Odor of breath:

  Garlic - As, P, Malathion, TI
• Odor of breath:

  Mouse urine - Coniine
• Odor of breath:

  Stale tobacco - Nicotine
• Odor of breath:

  Bitter almonds - CN
• Odor of breath:

  Sweet, penetrating odor - Acetone, CHCl3
• Odor of breath:

  Pearlike - Chloral hydrate
• Odor of breath:

  Rotten egg - H2S
• Odor of breath:

  Mothballs - naphthalene
• Odor of breath:

  Wintergreen - methylsalicylate
• Skin Discoloration:

  Yellow - picric acid, nitric acid
• Skin Discoloration:

  bleaching white - phenol
• Skin Discoloration:

  Ash gray - mercuric chloride, physostigmine
• Skin Discoloration:

  Deep brown - bromine
• Skin Discoloration:

  Brown black - H2SO4, I, AgNO3
• Skin Discoloration:

  Bluish gray - silver salts
• Skin Discoloration:

  Blue - cyanotics (opium, aniline, sulfide)
• Skin Discoloration:

  Pale bonds on fingernails - As
• Skin Discoloration:

  Boiled lobster appearance - boric acid
• Vomit:

  Blue-green - Cu
• Vomit:

  Ground coffee - H2SO4
• Vomit:

  Luminous vomit - P, As
• Vomit:

  Yellow green - Cr
• Vomit:

  Milky vomitus - Pb
• Bowel Changes:

  Black - Charcoal, Bi, Fe, Pb, MgO2, AgNO3
• Bowel Changes:

  Clay-like - Alcohol, Ba
• Bowel Changes:

  White - Al(OH)3
• Bowel Changes:

  Blue - H3BO3, Methylene blue, I
• Bowel Changes:

  Green - Indomethacin, Fe, CuSO4
• Bowel Changes:

  Red (including vomitous) - Hemolytic substances
• Blood Changes:

  Cherry red blood - CO, CN
• Blood Changes:

  Dark red blood - Nicotine
• Blood Changes:

  Chocolate blood - Aniline, Nitrites, Nitro derivatives
• Urinary Changes:

  Dark yellow - picric acid
• Urinary Changes:

  Yellow brown - Aloe, Senne
• Urinary Changes:

  Violet - turpentine
• Urinary Changes:

  Green blue - phenols and derivatives, methylene blue
• Urinary Changes:

  Wine or red brown - caffeine, benzene, rifampicin, Pb, Hg, CCl4
• Discoloration of Gums:

  Blue line gum - Hg, As