Poisoning is the harmful effect which occurs when toxic substances are introduced into the body. The term "poisoning" is a derivative of poison, a term...

acute poisons to target organisms, although acute or less observable chronic poisoning can also occur in non-target organisms (secondary poisoning), including...

Cyanide poisoning is poisoning that results from exposure to any of a number of forms of cyanide. Early symptoms include headache, dizziness, fast heart...

Lead poisoning, also known as plumbism and saturnism, is a type of metal poisoning caused by lead in the body. Symptoms may include abdominal pain, constipation...

Mercury poisoning is a type of metal poisoning due to exposure to mercury. Symptoms depend upon the type, dose, method, and duration of exposure. They...

Paracetamol poisoning, also known as acetaminophen poisoning, is caused by excessive use of the medication paracetamol (acetaminophen). Most people have...

Sri Lanka, pesticide poisonings from short-term very high level of exposure (acute poisoning) is the most worrisome type of poisoning. However, in developed...

Protein poisoning (also referred to colloquially as rabbit starvation, mal de caribou, or fat starvation) is an acute form of malnutrition caused by a...

severe carbon monoxide poisoning. The highest reported non-fatal carboxyhemoglobin level was 73% COHb. Efforts to prevent poisoning include carbon monoxide...

plague or tuberculosis were especially favored for well-poisoning. Additionally, well poisoning was one of the three gravest antisemitic accusations made...

Mushroom poisoning is poisoning resulting from the ingestion of mushrooms that contain toxic substances. Symptoms can vary from slight gastrointestinal...

Nicotine poisoning describes the symptoms of the toxic effects of nicotine following ingestion, inhalation, or skin contact. Nicotine poisoning can potentially...

Arsenic poisoning (or arsenicosis) is a medical condition that occurs due to elevated levels of arsenic in the body. If arsenic poisoning occurs over...

Poisoning the well (or attempting to poison the well) is a type of informal fallacy where adverse information about a target is preemptively presented...

brackish water, or seawater). Salt poisoning sufficient to produce severe symptoms is rare, and lethal salt poisoning is possible but even rarer. The lethal...

extreme cases of cadmium poisoning, mere body weight causes a fracture.[citation needed] The kidney damage inflicted by cadmium poisoning is irreversible. The...

severe symptoms. Along with ciguatera fish poisoning, it is one of the most common type of seafood poisoning. It occurs globally in both temperate and...

Persistent vomiting is often associated with iron poisoning and also used to determine severity of iron poisoning. Laboratory tests such as measuring the peak...

paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), neurotoxic shellfish poisoning (NSP), scombrotoxin fish poisoning, and pufferfish poisoning should be excluded. The...

worked off during the day. There is no antidote for strychnine poisoning. Strychnine poisoning demands aggressive management with early control of muscle...

Organophosphate poisoning is poisoning due to organophosphates (OPs). Organophosphates are used as insecticides, medications, and nerve agents. Symptoms...

Naphthalene poisoning (or mothball poisoning) is a form of poisoning that occurs when naphthalene is ingested. Severe poisoning can result in haemolytic...

Amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP) Diarrheal shellfish poisoning (DSP) Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning (NSP) Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) Cyanotoxin...

Teacup Poisoner, was an English serial killer who murdered his victims via poison. Obsessed with poisons from an early age, Young started poisoning the food...

The Fudan poisoning case was a criminal case in China. Lin Senhao, a graduate student at Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, was accused of...

from the FSB in Navalny's poisoning. Russian prosecutors refused to open an official criminal investigation of the poisoning, claiming they found no sign...

poisoning, amnesic shellfish poisoning and ciguatera fish poisoning Scombrotoxin Solanine (green potato poisoning) Tetrodotoxin (fugu fish poisoning)...

Thallium poisoning is poisoning that is due to thallium and its compounds, which are often highly toxic. Contact with skin is dangerous and adequate ventilation...

expulsion of its own diplomats, and accused Britain of the poisoning. On 30 June 2018, a similar poisoning of two British nationals in Amesbury, seven miles (11 km)...

Catalyst poisoning is the partial or total deactivation of a catalyst by a chemical compound. Poisoning refers specifically to chemical deactivation, rather...