Intoxication (Replay)
Whether intentional or not, poisoning has multiple causes and can affect people of all ages.
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By: Caroline Paré Follow
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Ingestion of bleach by a child, consumption of too high a dosage of paracetamol, inhalation of smoke from fires, food poisoning or inedible mushrooms ... Whether intentional or not, poisoning has multiple causes and can affect people of all ages.
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How to react in case of poisoning?
What are the signs of poisoning?
How to avoid it?
What are the risky practices?
What is an antidote?
Dr Weniko,
doctor in the Army Health Service at
Percy Hospital in Clamart
, doctor attached to
the Paris Poison Center.
Dr Blaise Tchaou,
head of the Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Emergency Department at the Parakou University Hospital in Benin.
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