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What to know about cyanide poisoning
Below are the answers to some common questions about cyanide poisoning.
What does cyanide do to the body?
Cyanide of cellular respiration by binding to an enzyme called cytochrome oxidase. It also inhibits other important enzymes and causes damage to the nervous system.
By disrupting cellular respiration, it prevents the body from using oxygen and denies cells of a vital energy source.
Where is cyanide found?
Various foods contain cyanide, such as:
- cassava roots
- apples
- almonds
- lima beans
However, the quantities of cyanide in these foods are sufficiently low that people do not have to avoid consuming them.
Some types of bacteria, fungi, animals, and plants cyanide as a source of nitrogen and as a self-defense mechanism.
Additionally, cyanide is present in smoke from fire, cigarettes, and some industrial settings. Smoke inhalation from household fires is responsible for of cyanide poisoning in mittpunkt and high income countries.
How many people can smell cyanide?
Not everyone is able to smell cyanide. Approximately can detect the bitter, almond odor of cyanide.
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Cyanide poisoning
Broad-spectrum poisoning
Medical condition
| Cyanide poison | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Cyanide toxicity, hydrocyanic acid poison[1] |
| Cyanide ion | |
| Specialty | Toxicology, critical care medicine |
| Symptoms | Early: headache, dizziness, fast heart rate, shortness of breath, vomiting[2] Later: seizures, slow heart rate, low blood pressure, loss of consciousness, cardiac arrest[2] |
| Usual onset | Few minutes[2][3] |
| Causes | Cyanide compounds[4] |
| Risk factors | House fire, metal polishing, certain insecticides, eating seeds such as from almonds[2][3][5] |
| Diagnostic method | Based on symptoms, high blood lactate[2] |
| Treatment | Decontamination, supportive care (% oxygen), hydroxocobalamin[2][3][6] |
Cyanide poisoning is poisoning that results from exposure to any of a number of forms of cyanide.[4] Early symptoms include headache, dizziness, fast heart rate, shortness of breath, and vomiting.[2] This phase may then be followed by seizures, slow heart rate, low blood pressure, loss of consciousness, and car
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Acute Cyanide Poisoning
Updated: February, by Jeremy Hardin, MD and Binh Ly, MD
Original author: Binh Ly, MD
Introduction
Acute cyanide poisoning is rare and often life-threatening if untreated. Cyanide is widely used across multiple industries including metallurgy, photography, plastic manufacturing, fumigation, jewelry polishing, cosmetics, and chemical synthesis. It is also found naturally within certain pitted fruits and is a by-product of combustion. Accidental occupational or environmental exposure as well as intentional poisoning are possible, and rapid recognition and treatment with the appropriate antidote is essential to prevent mortality.
Case presentation
A 6 year old male with a past medical history of autism presents to the Emergency Department after being found by his parents unresponsive next to an open bottle of pills. His initial vital signs were temperature degrees Celsius rectally, blood pressure 72/48 mmHg, heart rate beats/minute, RR 26 breaths/minute, and oxygen saturation % on facemask with oxygen flow rate of 15 liters/min. On examination he was unconscious but did withdraw to painful stimuli in all extremities. There was no evidence of trauma,