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Sulfuric acid

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Alternative Names:
Battery acid
Symptoms:

Initial symptoms would include severe pain on tissue contact and, if swallowed, there may be speech problems, drooling, vomiting, bloody vomit, abdominal pain, or burns on the mouth and throat.

From swallowing:

  • body as a whole
    • severe pain in the mouth
    • fever
  • respiratory
  • eyes, ears, nose, and throat
    • severe pain in the throat
  • gastrointestinal
    • severe abdominal pain
    • vomit containing dark colored blood
  • heart and blood vessels
From inhalation:
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