How Do You Detect Iron Poisoning In Adults?
This is about checking to see if an adult has actually suffered iron poisoning. The general symptoms will happen at first stage (within 6 hours of ingestion) if someone has more than 20mg/kg of elemental iron in their bodies: Vomiting (with or without blood) Diarrhea (with or without blood) Nausea Sweating Confusion Dizziness Lethargy Dehydration Convulsion Coma The higher the dose, the more serious the symptoms. Less serious symptoms in adults will usually resolve itself in time without further consequences. Higher doses of iron poisoning can result in long term health problems or death Go to the nearest ER or find a doctor on call. Be sure to have the bottle or iron supplements or source of suspected iron poisoning with you. A doctor is not a mind reader. Iron poisoning is hard to detect unless one is specifically looking for it. If a patient came in without mentioning the potential poison, it might be passed off as a really bad stomach flu or food poisoning. If you are unsure there
