Symptoms of nitrite poisoning?

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Nitrite poisoning is common in daily life. It mostly exists in pickled vegetables, especially pickled vegetables with industrial nitrite, overnight vegetables, rotten leaves, meat and other foods added with industrial nitrite. Symptoms of nitrite poisoning? Now let me tell you something.

Symptoms of nitrite poisoning?

The patient will feel dizziness, headache, tiredness, stomachache, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, dyspnea, lips, nail caps, and even purple skin (methemoglobinemia).

Patients with severe poisoning will also have mental depression, showing slow reaction, unconsciousness, convulsion, coma, respiratory failure, and even death.

Nitrite will directly oxidize hemoglobin in human body to methemoglobin, that is, it contains trivalent iron ions, which makes normal hemoglobin lose the ability to transport oxygen, and eventually lead to severe hypoxia of human tissue, purplish body and other toxic manifestations. Once respiratory failure occurs, it is likely to cause serious consequences of death.

matters needing attention

We should enhance the awareness of nitrite prevention, try not to eat overnight dishes and rotten meat and vegetables, so as to avoid poisoning caused by misuse. Once poisoned, do not panic, should be treated as soon as possible to the hospital, can quickly improve, must not be taken lightly, do not take it for granted.