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What happens if someone drinks paint thinner?
But there are other paint thinner ingredients, like mineral spirits, that are very toxic, and if you consumed enough of them you would kill yourself. I guess if you consumed a very small amount of them, you might make yourself dizzy and delirious; sort of like being drunk, but more on the way to death.
Can paint thinner make you sick?
But, it has to be remembered that paint thinner vapors can irritate the eyes, nose, and throat, in spite of their fairly pleasant odor, and can make one dizzy and/or nauseous if the vapors are inhaled in high enough levels over a long enough time period such as in a closed-off room or factory space.
What happens if we drink paint?
Some health effects are cardiac arrhythmia, memory loss, confusion, respiratory difficulty, kidney failure, increased blood pressure, liver failure, abdominal pain, headache, and anemia. Drinking paint could also result in seizures, brain damage, coma, or death. Yep. You do not want to be drinking paint.
What do you do if you drink paint?
How is paint thinner toxic?
The airways and lungs are especially vulnerable to paint thinner poisoning. An inhaled hydrocarbon can be distributed in the lungs and cause inflammation to the lung tissue ranging from mild to very severe. Long-term inhalation of hydrocarbons may even lead to anemia or leukemia.
How do solvents affect the body?
Solvents, their vapours and mists have various effects on human health. Many of them have a narcotic effect, causing fatigue, dizziness and intoxication. High doses may lead to unconsciousness and death. Solvents may damage the liver, kidneys, heart, blood vessels, bone marrow and the nervous system.
What does paint thinner do to blood?
Lacquer thinner, commonly used for removing household paints, is known to contain a mixture of various aromatic hydrocarbons, halogenated hydrocarbons and naptha; if ingested, it may cause methemoglobinemia.
What should you do if your child ate paint?
If you find that your child has eaten some kind of paint, the American Association of Poison Control Centers advised that you have the paint label handy and call them at 1-800-222-1222, a national toll-free number that will connect you to the poison control center in your state.
What are the signs and symptoms of paint thinner poisoning?
Signs and symptoms of poisoning may include: 1 Burns or redness around the mouth and lips. 2 Breath that smells like chemicals, such as gasoline or paint thinner. 3 Vomiting. 4 Difficulty breathing. 5 Drowsiness. 6 Confusion or other altered mental status.
What would happen if you drank paint?
Since there are a LOT of different paints, what would happen would depend on two things: the kind of paint you drank, and how much of it you drank. If you drank poster paint, you’d get sick to your stomach and would be crapping paint-colored diarrhea for the next few days.
Is it safe to drink paint water?
Nevertheless – plain water is “non-toxic” but if you drink enough of it too quickly it can kill you. I’ve read reports of people drinking paint on a regular basis (type – unspecified; presumably water-based). I’ve also read reports of them having kidney damage.