Alcohol Poisoning Not many people know about or what alcohol poisoning is. You can get it from excessive drink which will result in not only harming yourself‚ but others around you too. Some people find that drinking is a joke or think it’s funny‚ but it’s not. Every time you drink alcohol‚ your liver has to filter out the poisonous alcohol from your blood. Alcohol is absorbed quickly into your body (much quicker than food)‚ but the body can only process around one unit of alcohol each hour. If
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INDEX SL.NO. | CONTENTS | PAGE NO: | 1. | INTRODUCTION | 1-2 | 2. | LEAD | 3 | 3. | PREPARATIONS OF LEAD | 4-6 | 4. | LEAD POISONING | 7 | 5. | SOURCES OF LEAD | 8-9 | 6. | WHY LEAD IS HARMFUL? | 10 | 7. | ABSORPTION‚DISTRIBUTION AND ELIMINATION | 11 | 8. | RISK FACTORS | 12 | 9 | SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS | 13-17 | 10. | FATAL DOSE AND FATAL PERIOD | 18 | 11. | COMPLICATIONS | 19 | 12. | TESTS AND DIAGONOSIS | 20 | 13. | TREATMENT AND DRUGS | 21-22 | 14. | POST MORTEM APPEARANCE
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Lead Poisoning One out of every six children under the age of six are suffering from health disorders due to the poisonous metal‚ lead. Lead is a natural occurring bluish-gray metal found in the earth’s crust. It has no taste or smell. Lead can easily be found in all parts of our environment today. Most of it comes from mining‚ manufacturing‚ and the burning of fossil fuels. In the United States lead poison has increased because of the lack of knowledge in our society. Lead is released into the
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can cause serious damage and even potentially death when at high concentrations. Events‚ like the one in Flint‚ Michigan‚ where shortcuts by the government caused serious lead poisoning in the town via tap water‚ should be avoided at all costs when the shortcomings of lead toxicity are understood. The cause of lead poisoning‚ or its etiology‚ is quite simply the build up of lead in the body. Sometimes‚ even small amounts of lead can be toxic
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exposure to small amounts of it. Lead is much more harmful to children than adults‚ because it can severely affect the developing brains and nerves of children. It is estimated that 1 in every 20 kids have too much lead in their blood. Victims to lead poisoning may suffer a lowered IQ‚ difficulty sleeping‚ and brain damage. If lead has been known to cause severe health defects‚ then why do toy-making companies continue to use lead paint? The answer is simple: it’s cheaper. Paint with high levels of lead
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Lead poisoning is a health concern that can effect children of all socioeconomic backgrounds. It has been an issue for many years and instances of lead poisoning can be found throughout history in every country. Children under the age of six years of age and pregnant women are most at risk for lead poisoning (Lead Home‚ EPA.gov/lead). Lead can cause serious health problems if consumed. It is more common for lead to slowly build up in the body over time from repeated exposure to small amounts of it
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American homes concentrated in low-income areas. Studies have shown that lead is able to mimic certain metals that are significant in biological processes‚ leading to a collection of developmental and physiological conditions commonly grouped as “lead poisoning.” In brief‚ lead acts on small biological systems that affect a major system‚ an example of which are zinc-finger proteins. The zinc-finger‚ a common protein motif‚ relies on the coordination of Zinc (Zn) ions for the protein’s shape and stability;
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chemistry‚ an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxyl functional group (-OH) is bound to a carbon atom. In particular‚ this carbon center should be saturated‚ having single bonds to three other atoms.[1] An important class of alcohols are the simple acyclic alcohols‚ the general formula for which is CnH2n+1OH. Of those‚ ethanol (C2H5OH) is the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages‚ and in common speech the word alcohol refers specifically to ethanol. Other alcohols are usually
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ALCOHOL Drinking alcohol is like taking a drug. It is a form of drug abuse‚ and drug addiction. This is a worldwide problem that many people are involved in. There are good effects of alcohol if it is in small amounts and in self-control. On the other hand there are bad effects‚ if you take for long time. The effects that a person will get are all based on certain factors like‚ how much and how often alcohol is consumed‚ the age of the person‚ when the person started and how long they have been
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How much alcohol do teens use? Alcohol is the most frequently used drug by teenagers in the United States. About half of junior high and senior high school students drink alcohol on a monthly basis‚ and 14% of teens have been intoxicated at least once in the past year. Nearly 8% of teens who drink say they drink at least five or more alcoholic drinks in a row (binge drink). What are the dangerous effects of alcohol use in teens? Just a few of the many dangerous effects of alcohol use in teens
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