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Alternative Names

Elmer's glue


Symptoms

Symptoms of breathing in ("huffing") glue fumes may include:

  • Red, runny nose
  • Drunk, dazed, or dizzy appearance
  • Nausea
  • Loss of appetite
  • Anxiety
  • Excitability
  • Irritability
  • Heart, kidney, brain, and liver damage (from long-term poisoning)

Severe poisonings caused by swallowing glue may cause  gastric outlet obstruction or intestinal obstruction with abdominal pain.


Review Date: 05/17/2006
Reviewed By: Janeen R. Azare, PhD, MSPH, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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