It is known that any chemical substances(carcinogens, toxic gases, pesticides) pose a serious threat to health. In this list, with confidence, you can add paints and solvents, which a person periodically uses in the household.
Painting the gate in a private house or walls, batteries,threshold, doors in the apartment - a habit that is familiar and, as it seems, does not require certain knowledge. However, the often underestimated danger that coloring agents carry, ends with poisoning.
In medicine, the poisoning of paint is divided into acute and chronic.
Acute intoxication is most often observed insummer time, when a person has more opportunities to make repairs on his own, to correct by painting details of the home interior. About safety at the time of performing such work very few people care, but at this time a couple of colors penetrate into the body, gradually causing a deterioration in overall well-being. Symptoms of poisoning are observed literally in the first hours after working with the paint materials.
Chronic poisoning with paint is typicalprofessional painters and representatives of other professions, forced for a long time and often in contact with paint and varnish materials and inhale their toxic fumes. In contrast to acute intoxication, the symptoms of chronic manifest themselves not immediately, sometimes in a few months: gradually accumulates fatigue, there are signs of depression. Such people are encouraged to periodically contact the medical institutions for diagnosis and receive correct and timely therapy.
Intoxication with paint and varnish materials is determined by primary and long-term symptoms.
The primary concerns:
Paint poisoning, the symptoms of which depend ontype of toxic agent, can be accompanied by specific manifestations. Thus, intoxication with acetone and trichlorethylene causes a condition similar to alcoholic intoxication: confusion, general weakness, moments of euphoria. The breathing of the victim with acetone poisoning acquires a specific smell. With inaction by others, the nervous system will continue to suffer, and the victim may even die.
The long-term consequences of poisoning with coloring substances include:
If there was a poisoning with paint: what to do?
Poisoning with vapors of paint is accompanied by a decreasearterial pressure, intermittent superficial breathing or lack of it, a weak heartbeat and a threat to the life of the victim. Therefore, it is urgent to call a medical emergency team.
What to do if there is a severe poisoningpaint? Treatment at home is to place the patient on his back, which causes the patency of the upper respiratory tract. The method of "mouth to mouth" requires artificial ventilation of the lungs. If the carotid pulsation is not probed, an indirect heart massage is required. Operative, clear, thought-out actions on the part of others can save the victim life.
Intoxication with vapors of paint is treated by a doctora toxicologist in hospital and reduces to washing the stomach, clearing the lungs and dropping intravenous glucose. Also, the victim is prescribed sedatives and medications to maintain cardiovascular activity. In severe cases, the patient is hospitalized in the intensive care unit.
When chronic intoxication is recommendedto be examined in a comprehensive manner, after which the attending physician will prescribe the necessary procedures and preparations (vitamin complexes, hepatoprotectors, immunomodulators) to neutralize the harm caused by poisonous drugs. It is worth seriously thinking about changing jobs. If this can not be done, you should ensure a full rest in the fresh air.
Poisoning with vapors of paint is easier not to admit, than later to deal with the damage caused to health. The necessary preventive measures when working with paints are:
To work with paint, it is necessary to be guidedcertain knowledge and skills. Frivolous attitude towards painting works, disorder and negligence in handling paints can lead to irreversible consequences.
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