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Symptoms for pyrethrin poisoning:

• Lungs and airways
  • Breathing difficulty
• Skin
  • Irritation
  • Redness or swelling
• Nervous system
  • Coma
• Heart and blood
  • Convulsions

Symptoms for organophosphate or carbamate poisoning:

• Heart and blood
  • Convulsions
• Bladder and kidneys
  • Increased urination
• Lungs and airways
  • Breathing difficulty
• Eyes, ears, nose, and throat
  • Small pupils
  • Increased tearing
  • Increased salivation (drooling)  
• Skin
  • Blue lips and fingernails
• Gastrointestinal
  • Loss of appetite
  • Abdominal cramps
  • Diarrhea
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
• Nervous system
  • Headache
  • Anxiety
  • Dizziness
  • Coma
  • Weakness

Note: Serious poisoning can occur from just touching the organophosphate without gloves or without washing hands soon after exposure. Significant amounts of the chemical soak through the skin unless protective measures are taken. Life-threatening paralysis and death can occur very quickly.

Symptoms for paradichlorobenzene poisoning:

• Muscles
  • Muscle spasms
• Gastrointestinal
  • Abdominal pain
  • Nausea 
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhea
• Heart and blood
  • Convulsions

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.