Anatom3DPoisoning & overdose
Intoxicatio · Otrava a předávkování
What it is
Drugs, alcohol, carbon monoxide, household chemicals — timing decides outcome.
Symptoms & signs
- Drowsiness
- vomiting
- confusion
- abnormal breathing
- pinpoint or dilated pupils
- seizures
- headache and dizziness in several people at home (carbon monoxide)
🚩 Get help if…
- call 112 / 911 now Unconscious, fitting, or breathing slow or noisy
- call 112 / 911 now Swallowed pills, a button battery, a corrosive or unknown substance
- call 112 / 911 now Burns around the mouth, drooling or trouble swallowing
- see a doctor soon Seems fine after a known overdose — still get checked today
Where it strikes
Medical treatment
- Call poison control
- naloxone for opioids
- N-acetylcysteine for paracetamol
- activated charcoal within 1 h
- high-flow oxygen for CO
- antidotes and ICU
- nalmefene for opioid overdose (nasal spray, auto-injector) — FDA-approved 2023–24
Natural & lifestyle
- Store medicines locked and out of reach
- CO alarms
- safe disposal
- never mix cleaning chemicals
Emerging & experimental
- Extracorporeal removal techniques
Alternative, off-label & anecdotal
Approaches used outside the guidelines, with what their supporters report and what testing has found so far.
- Inducing vomiting (salt water, ipecac) — no benefit and real harm not confirmed in trials
- Drinking milk after a poisoning — folk remedy; untested for most poisons anecdotal / traditional
ICD codes
- ICD-10 T50.9
- ICD-10 T65.9
- ICD-11 NE60 Harmful effects of drugs, medicaments or biological substances, not elsewhere classified
- ICD-11 NE61 Harmful effects of or exposure to noxious substances, chiefly nonmedicinal as to source, not elsewhere classified