cyanide poisoning
Oxygen blocked internally
Cyanide poisoning occurs when someone is exposed to cyanide, a fast-acting chemical that prevents cells from using oxygen.
Exposure can happen through ingestion, inhalation, or skin contact with cyanide compounds found in certain industrial chemicals, some plants, and smoke from burning synthetic materials.
Symptoms include headache, dizziness, confusion, and rapid breathing, progressing quickly to seizures, cardiac arrest, and death if untreated.
The firefighters were tested for cyanide poisoning after the warehouse blaze.
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