eli5: On the packaging of toilet cleaner and an article on mouthwash says that if ingested, do not induce vomitting, why is this? Wouldn’t it be better to get rid of as much of the harmful liquid as possible? What harm can happen if vomitting is induced?
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As a general rule of thumb; if it burns going down, it’ll burn coming back up. That’s some of the damage you don’t want to aggravate as it could start making its way into the blood stream
The one thing not being touched on is “poisonous” versus “caustic”. Poisons are dangerous if they’re inside the body, absorbed and passed around. Caustics are dangerous to the outside of the body also; they’ll burn your skin and your mouth and your throat. You do not usually want to vomit up caustics, because you’ve already burned your throat once and will burn it again. Your stomach is full of acid; your intestine, full of buffers and mild alkaline. If you swallow an acid or a base, your gut will eventually neutralize it. If you swallow a poison, like mushrooms or someone else’s medication, you might need to vomit that up.
The one thing not being touched on is “poisonous” versus “caustic”. Poisons are dangerous if they’re inside the body, absorbed and passed around. Caustics are dangerous to the outside of the body also; they’ll burn your skin and your mouth and your throat. You do not usually want to vomit up caustics, because you’ve already burned your throat once and will burn it again. Your stomach is full of acid; your intestine, full of buffers and mild alkaline. If you swallow an acid or a base, your gut will eventually neutralize it. If you swallow a poison, like mushrooms or someone else’s medication, you might need to vomit that up.
The one thing not being touched on is “poisonous” versus “caustic”. Poisons are dangerous if they’re inside the body, absorbed and passed around. Caustics are dangerous to the outside of the body also; they’ll burn your skin and your mouth and your throat. You do not usually want to vomit up caustics, because you’ve already burned your throat once and will burn it again. Your stomach is full of acid; your intestine, full of buffers and mild alkaline. If you swallow an acid or a base, your gut will eventually neutralize it. If you swallow a poison, like mushrooms or someone else’s medication, you might need to vomit that up.
If it burns going down, it’s going to burn coming up. If your esophagus is a tube of raw, scorched meat from a caustic substance, then vomiting it up is going to disintegrate what’s left. Your esophagus is incredibly vascular (lots and lots of blood flow), a simple tear and you can bleed out in minutes, and there’s no way to staunch the flow. A total erosion? Your done in seconds.
If it burns going down, it’s going to burn coming up. If your esophagus is a tube of raw, scorched meat from a caustic substance, then vomiting it up is going to disintegrate what’s left. Your esophagus is incredibly vascular (lots and lots of blood flow), a simple tear and you can bleed out in minutes, and there’s no way to staunch the flow. A total erosion? Your done in seconds.
If it burns going down, it’s going to burn coming up. If your esophagus is a tube of raw, scorched meat from a caustic substance, then vomiting it up is going to disintegrate what’s left. Your esophagus is incredibly vascular (lots and lots of blood flow), a simple tear and you can bleed out in minutes, and there’s no way to staunch the flow. A total erosion? Your done in seconds.
Vomiting can cause you to aspirate and some substances cause pneumonia, e.g. mineral oil causes lipoid pneumonia.
Vomiting can cause you to aspirate and some substances cause pneumonia, e.g. mineral oil causes lipoid pneumonia.
Vomiting can cause you to aspirate and some substances cause pneumonia, e.g. mineral oil causes lipoid pneumonia.
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