TREATMENT
WHITE PHOSPHORUS
diarrhoea (garlic smell, dark red, luminescent), abdominal pain, [after 1-2 days] symptoms
subside for 2-3 days (period of apparent well-being).
Late symptoms: Signs of liver (jaundice, increased bleeding everywhere) and kidney
damage (scanty, dark urine containing blood, albumin and bile salt), restlessness,
convulsions, psychosis.
Treatment:
For external lesions -> wrap with wet cloth, apply ointment
For ingested poison
emetics / stomach wash with 0.1% CuSO4
Non-fatty purgatives
Vitamins and IV glucose for liver protection
Restriction of fatty diet
Absolute rest and constant watch for some days
Symptomatic treatment
Treatment:
Avoid further exposure/intake
Maintain oral hygriene
Supportive treatment for liver; nourishing
ARSENIC
Treatment:
UNABSORBED POISON: Stomach wash with lukewarm water, then with freshly prepared ferric
oxide (ferric chloride + magnesium oxide) else use dialysed iron or emesis + purgative like
magnesium sulphate.
ABSORBED POISON: Antidote of choice is BAL or dimercaprol.
disturbances)
Then more specific-> muscular weakness, change in keratin tissue, abnormal
pigmentation (initially brown milk rose complexion around neck, shoulders,
temples, trunk; then dark pigmentation of palms and soles with thickening). No
pigmentation of mucus memb.
Hyperkeratosis + epithelioma of palms and soles
Possible symptoms: ulceration of nasal mucosa, alopecia, liver damage, kidney
damage, bone marrow aplasia + Mees line
teeth years after death. If the body is burnt, the ash/soil from the cremation
ground may also show arsenic long after cremation.
COPPER
MERCURY
POTASSIUM