Poisoning: first aid, treatment, consequences

It is known that any chemical substances (carcinogens, toxic gases, pesticides) pose a serious danger to health. In this list, with confidence, you can add paints and solvents, which a person periodically uses in the household.

Paintwork materials are hazardous to health

Painting the gates in a private house or walls, battery, threshold, doors in an apartment is a habitual and, as it seems, not requiring a certain knowledge. However, the often underestimated danger that coloring agents carry , ends with poisoning. Evaporation of vapors containing acetone, solvents, carbon tetrachloride, trichlorethylene in the composition enter the respiratory tract, mucous membranes, are absorbed into the blood and quickly delivered to all organs, which causes disruption in the work of each of them. Poisoning can also occur when scraping old coatings or when they are burning, causing a risk of intoxication contained in lead dyes.

Types of poisoning

In medicine, the poisoning of paint is divided into acute and chronic.

Acute intoxication is most often observed in the summer, when a person has more opportunities to repair himself, to correct by painting details of home interior. About safety at the time of these jobs, few people care, but at this time, a couple of colors penetrate the body, gradually causing a deterioration in overall well-being. Symptoms of poisoning are observed literally in the first hours after working with the paint materials.

Chronic poisoning by paint is characteristic of professional painters and representatives of other professions who are forced for a long time and often come into contact with paint and varnish materials and inhale their poisonous fumes. In contrast to acute intoxication, the symptoms of chronic manifest themselves not immediately, sometimes in a few months: gradually accumulates fatigue, there are signs of depression. Such people are encouraged to periodically contact the medical institutions for diagnosis and receive correct and timely therapy.

Paint poisoning: symptoms

Intoxication with paint and varnish materials is determined by primary and long-term symptoms.

The primary concerns:

• Nausea, vomiting, pain in the liver;
• Dizziness and sharp headache;
• Weakness in the whole body, disorientation in space;
• Redness, lacrimation, dryness, burning of the eye mucosa;
• Swelling of the nasopharynx, coughing, sneezing;
• Shortness of breath and upper respiratory tract burn;
• Severe shallow breathing;
• An unpleasant aftertaste in the oral cavity;
• Pallor of the skin;
• diarrhea;
• loss of consciousness.

Poisoning by the paint, the symptoms of which depend on the type of poison, can be accompanied by specific manifestations. So, intoxication with acetone and trichlorethylene causes a condition similar to alcoholic intoxication: confusion, general weakness, moments of euphoria. The breath of the victim during poisoning with acetone acquires a specific smell. With inaction by others, the nervous system will continue to suffer, and the victim may even die.

Consequences of poisoning with paint

The long-term consequences of poisoning with coloring substances include:

• Disturbances in the functions of the respiratory system: the necessary volume of oxygen ceases to flow into the lungs, which causes the appearance of sharp headaches. Pairs of paint cause a feeling of tightness in the chest, heavy breathing, regular dry cough;
• Malfunctions in the functional of the cardiovascular system, lowering of blood pressure;
• Lack of appetite, persistent nausea;
• Apathy, chronic fatigue, insomnia, decreased mental activity;
• Discomfort in the eyes, dryness, redness. A noticeable decrease in vision due to the constant irritation in pairs of paint mucous membranes of the eyes.

Necessary measures for poisoning

If there was a poisoning with paint: what to do? When observing intoxication symptoms, the victim should urgently receive first aid, which includes a number of the following activities:

• Ensuring the maximum influx of fresh air: it is required to open all doors and windows for ventilation, the patient should be better taken out (taken out) to the street;
• Remove the outer clothing from the victim, the reason for the accumulation and retention of poisonous substances by the tissue;
• Eyes, face, open areas of the body rinse with water;
• Organize a generous warm drink and induce vomiting. Give the sorbent (for example, activated carbon);
• When the victim is unconscious, he needs to be laid on his side and, in order to ensure a more stable position, bend one leg in the knee joint. To bring the patient to life can be soaked in ammonia spirit, which should be brought to the nose.

How to provide first aid

Poisoning with steam colors is accompanied by a decrease in blood pressure, intermittent superficial breathing or lack of it, a weak heartbeat and a threat to the life of the victim. Therefore, it is urgent to call a medical emergency team.

What to do if there is a strong poisoning with paint? Treatment at home is to place the patient on his back, which causes the patency of the upper respiratory tract. The method of "mouth to mouth" requires artificial ventilation of the lungs. If a carotid pulsation is not felt, it is required to perform an indirect cardiac massage. Operative, clear, thought-out actions on the part of others can save the victim life.

Treatment

Intoxication with vapors of paint is treated by a physician as a toxicologist under stationary conditions and is reduced to gastric lavage, purification of lungs and intravenous injection of glucose by glucose. Also, the victim is prescribed sedatives and medications to maintain cardiovascular activity. In severe cases, the patient is hospitalized in the intensive care unit.

With chronic intoxication, it is recommended to be examined in a comprehensive manner, after which the doctor will prescribe the necessary procedures and preparations (vitamin complexes, hepatoprotectors, immunomodulators) to neutralize the harm caused by poisonous drugs. It is worth seriously thinking about changing jobs. If this can not be done, you should ensure a frequent high-grade rest in the fresh air.

Preventive actions

Poisoning with vapors of paint is easier not to admit, than later to deal with the damage caused to health. The necessary preventive measures when working with paints are:

• Work in protective clothing, gloves, mask or respirator;
• Immediate removal of paint droplets from contact with skin during operation;
• Maintenance of a constant air exchange in a working premise. Do not eat and drink at work;
• Frequent breaks in work with access to fresh air. If there is dizziness or the smell of acetone in the mouth, the coloring measures should be stopped for a few days.

To work with paint, you need to be guided by certain knowledge and skills. Frivolous attitude towards painting works, carelessness and carelessness in handling paints can lead to irreversible consequences.