Benzene poisoning symptoms and consequences?

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Acute benzene poisoning is caused by inhalation of large amount of benzene vapor for a short time. The main symptoms are central nervous system. Mild symptoms initially have mucous membrane irritation, then appear excited or drunk state, accompanied by headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and other phenomena. In addition to the above-mentioned nervous system symptoms, severe cases may also have coma, delirium, paroxysmal or tonic convulsions, fine pulse, superficial breathing, blood pressure drop, and death due to respiratory and circulatory failure. The main clinical symptoms of chronic benzene poisoning are as follows.

Benzene poisoning symptoms and consequences?

The most common nervous system is neurasthenia syndrome, such as headache, dizziness, memory loss, insomnia, fatigue and so on. It can also have the phenomenon of autonomic nerve dysfunction. Some late cases have the phenomenon of limb tip numbness and pain reduction.

Abnormal hematopoiesis is the main feature of chronic benzene poisoning. Leucopenia is the most common hematological abnormality, mainly neutropenia, and relatively increased lymphocytes.

The main symptoms of acute poisoning are inhibition of central nervous system. Mild intoxication accompanied with nausea and vomiting, unstable gait, hallucination, abnormal crying and laughing, severe loss of consciousness, muscle spasm or convulsion, decreased blood pressure, mydriasis and death due to respiratory paralysis. Some cases may have ventricular fibrillation. Suggestion: chronic poisoning not only affects the nervous system, but also affects the hematopoietic system. The most common manifestation of nervous system is nervous system Asthenia and autonomic nerve dysfunction syndrome.

matters needing attention

We should mobilize the masses, do a good job in the hearing campaign, do a good job in the environmental sanitation of the workshop, remove the benzene substances in the workshop, develop the habit of washing hands before meals and after defecation, conduct regular physical examination, measure the benzene concentration in the workshop regularly, and earnestly implement the occupational disease reporting system.