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Diesel oil - Symptom

Alternative Names

Oil

Symptoms:

  • Eyes, ears, nose, and throat
    • Loss of vision
    • Severe pain in the throat
    • Severe pain or burning in the nose, eyes, ears, lips, or tongue
  • Gastrointestinal
  • Heart and blood vessels
  • Lungs and airways
    • Breathing difficulty
    • Throat swelling (may also cause breathing difficulty)
  • Nervous system
    • Agitation
    • Coma
    • Confusion
    • Dizziness
    • Incoordination
  • Skin
    • Burn
    • Irritation
  • Reviewed last on: 1/29/2010
  • Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Lewander WJ, Aleguas A Jr. Petroleum distillates and plant hydrocarbons. In: Shannon MW, Borron SW, Burns MJ, eds. Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 92.

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