Arsenic poisoning is a medical condition that occurs due to elevated levels of arsenic in the body. Brief exposure may cause vomiting, abdominal pain, encephalopathy, and watery diarrhea that contains blood, while long-term exposure can result in thickening and darkening of the skin, abdominal pain, diarrhea, heart disease, numbness, and cancer.
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ICD-10 ChapterXIX: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes 2 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route First DescribedRecorded as the article states it, a lower bound (as far back as 1500 BC). Causative Agent
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1. Wikipedia: Arsenic poisoning
WikipediaWikipedia: Arsenic poisoning, lead section
The toxicity of arsenic has been described as far back as 1500 BC in the Ebers papyrus.
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Arsenic poisoning is caused by incidental ingestion, inhalation or skin-contact with arsenic or arsenic containing compounds.
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Long-term exposure can result in thickening of the skin, darker skin, abdominal pain, diarrhea, heart disease, numbness, and cancer.
Lead section, transmission-route statement
The most common reason for long-term exposure is contaminated drinking water.
Lead section, body-system statement (cardiovascular)
Long-term exposure can result in thickening of the skin, darker skin, abdominal pain, diarrhea, heart disease, numbness, and cancer.
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: ICD-10
WikipediaList of chapters, Chapter XIXQuote, List of chapters, Chapter XIX
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
3. Wikidata: Arsenic Poisoning
WikidataWikidata P279 (disease-category: non-communicable)
Subclass of: intoxication
Wikidata P279 (disease-category: non-communicable), transmission-route inferred non-transmissible
Subclass of: intoxication
View the Source Forensic Pathology (Wikipedia)
WikipediaAssociated With: Forensic Pathology, Duties section, toxicological specimens sentenceQuote, Associated With: Forensic Pathology, Duties section, toxicological specimens sentence
They collect and interpret toxicological specimens of body tissues and fluids to determine the chemical cause of accidental overdoses or deliberate poisonings.
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