Pine oil

Definition

This poisoning is from an ingestion of pine oil.

Poisonous Ingredient

Pine oil

Where Found

• Various cleaning products
  
• Some porcelain cleaners
  

Symptoms

• Body as a whole
  o Convulsions
  
• Respiratory
  o Difficulty breathing
  
• Eyes, ears, nose, and throat
  o Difficulty swallowing
  o Throat burning
  o Eye burning
  
• Gastrointestinal
  o Abdominal pain
  o diarrhea
  o nausea
  o Vomiting
  
• Heart and blood vessels
  o Rapid heartbeat
  
• Nervous system
  o Unconsciousness
  o Dizziness
  

Home Treatment
Seek emergency medical care immediately. Call Poison Control. DO NOT INDUCE EMESIS (Vomiting) UNLESS INSTRUCTED TO DO SO BY Poison Control.

Before Calling Emergency

Determine the following information:

• The patient's age, weight, and condition
  
• Name of product (as well as the ingredients and strength, if known)
  
• The time it was swallowed
  
• The amount swallowed
  

Poison Control, or a local emergency number
They will instruct you if it is necessary to take the patient to the hospital. See Poison Control centers for telephone numbers and addresses. Take the container with you to the emergency room.

What to expect at the emergency room

Some or all of the following procedures may be performed:

• For swallowed poison
  o Placement of a tube down the nose and into the stomach (a nasogastric tube, or an NG tube) to wash out the stomach (gastric lavage).
  o Activated charcoal administration.
  o Endoscopy - the placement of a camera down the throat to see the extent of burns to the esophagus and the stomach.o Give IV fluids.o Admission to the hospital.o Give an antidote.o Treat the symptoms.