Poisoning is illness caused by eating, drinking, touching, or inhaling a harmful substance. The damaging effects on a child's health will vary depending on the type of poison, the amount of exposure, the duration of exposure before treatment, and the height and weight of the child. These effects may range from mild to very severe or even fatal.
ExitCare ImageMost poisonings take place in the home and involve common household products. Poisoning is more common in children than adults and is often accidental.
WHAT THINGS MAY BE POISONOUS?
A poison can be any substance that causes illness or harm to the body. Poisoning is often caused by products that are commonly found in homes. Many substances can become poisonous if used in ways or amounts that are not appropriate. Some common products that
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Do not put items that contain lamp oil (decorative lamps or candles) where children can reach them.
Install a carbon monoxide detector in your home.
Learn about which plants may be poisonous. Avoid having these plants in your house or yard. Teach children to avoid putting any parts of plants (leaves, flowers, berries) in their mouth.
Keep all alcohol-containing beverages out of reach of children.
WHEN SHOULD YOU SEEK HELP?
Contact the poison control center if you suspect that your child has been exposed to poison. Call 1-800-222-1222 (in the U.S.) to reach a poison center for your area. If you are outside the U.S., ask your caregiver what the phone number is for your local poison control center. Keep the phone number posted near your phone. Make sure everyone in your household knows where to find the number.
Contact your local emergency services (911 in U.S.) if your child has been exposed to poison and:
Has trouble breathing or stops breathing.
Has trouble staying awake or becomes unconscious.
Has a seizure.
Has severe vomiting or bleeding.
Develops chest pain.
Has a worsening
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Ever since the fall, mankind has had a voracious desire for power and influence. People witness this desire within the walls of the Capitol Building when the media exposes backroom deals. It also springs up whenever a politician uses a podium to persuade people that he makes the world work. Politicians possibly rely on persuasion because they crave the power. However, persuasion is a manipulative, unBiblical tactic of forcing others to accept a point of view by all means necessary.
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Thou has filled my veins with poison! Thou has made me as hateful, as ugly, as loathsome and deadly creature as thyself(Hawthorne PP. 198 ) Beatrice had no idea she was poisonous to everyone, in her innocent mind she had no idea of the terrible thing her own father had done to her—She drinks the cure and falls to he
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