Clin Tox Lec 1P Flashcards
Deep blue skin color
Asphyxiants and aniline
Bright red or cherry red skin color
Opium and cardiac poisons
Deep kyanosis
Opium and cardiac poisons
Rigor mortis
Strychnine,
Early appearance of sign of decomposition
Hydrogen sulfide gas
Due to m/o: fungi, bacteria
Detectable smell
Colatile poisons, opium, HCN, KCN, NaCN
Hemorrhagic spots under the skin
Phosphorous
Ulceration on the lips
Corrosive poisons (SA, SB)
Stain near the hand and mouth
Nitric acid and copper sulfate
White froth from mouth/nose
Opium and its alkaloids
Bloody froth from mouth/nose
Organophosphorous cmpds
Alopecia, hyperpigmentation, hyperkeratosis
Arsenic poisoning over a long period
Staining, erosion and ulceration near female genitalia
Abortifacient agents and torturing agents
Bite marks/injection marks
Injection of poisons (snake bites, etc)
Signs of irritant/ corrosive poisoning of GIT
1) hyperemia
2) softening
3) ulceratio
4) perforation
Corrosion, ulceration, and desquamation pf inner aspect of lips, mucus membrane of mouth and tongue
Corrosive agents
Soft, swollen, translucent, bleached tongue, and mucus membrane of mouth
Corrosive alkali (decolorize internal organ)
Hardening of mucus membrane
Due to dehydration
Yellowish discoloration
Nitric acid
Bluish discoloration
Copper sulfate