Hair straightener poisoning

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• Lungs
  • Breathing difficulty
  • Throat swelling (may cause breathing difficulty)
• Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and throat
  • Severe pain in the throat
  • Severe pain or burning in the nose, eyes, ears, lips, or tongue
  • Loss of vision
• Gastrointestinal
  • Severe abdominal pain
  • Vomiting
  • Burns of the esophagus (food pipe)
  • Vomiting blood
  • Blood in the stool
• Heart and blood
  • Hypotension (low blood pressure) develops rapidly
  • Collapse
  • Severe change in blood acid levels -- leads to organ damage
• Skin
  • Irritation
  • Burn
  • Necrosis (holes) in the skin or underlying tissues

Review Date: 03/08/2006
Reviewed By: Stephen C Acosta, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.