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Anti-rust products - Symptom

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
- Blood in the stool
- Burns of the food pipe (esophagus)
- Severe abdominal pain
- Vomiting
- Vomiting blood
Heart and blood
- Collapse
- Low blood pressure
- Methemoglobinemia
- Too much or too little acid in the blood, which leads to damage in all of the body organs
Kidneys
- Kidney failure
Lungs and airways
- Breathing difficulty
- Throat swelling (may also cause breathing difficulty)
Skin
- Burns
- Irritation
- Holes (necrosis) in the skin or tissues underneath

Reviewed last on: 2/12/2009
A.D.A.M. Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Greg Juhn, MTPW, David R. Eltz. Previously reviewed by Stephen C. Acosta, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network (2/27/2008).

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