Aquarium products

Symptoms:

For sodium chloride:
(a fairly large dose of sodium chloride would normally be necessary to cause the following symtoms - this is not necessarily true of other ingredients found in aquarium products )

• body as a whole
  • convulsions
  • muscular twitching and rigidity
  • thirst
  • fever

• respiratory
  • stop breathing
  • rapid breathing

• nervous system
  • coma

• gastrointestinal
  • vomiting
  • diarrhea

For copper sulfate:

• body as a whole
  • pain in the mouth
  • blood in the urine
  • painful urination
  • no urine output
  • collapse
  • convulsions

• eyes, ears, nose, and throat
  • pain in the throat
  • yellow eyes

• skin
  • yellow skin

• gastrointestinal
  • vomiting
  • diarrhea (watery, bloody)

• heart and blood vessels
  • low blood pressure

For sodium hydroxide:

• body as a whole
  • severe pain in the mouth
  • collapse

• respiratory
  • inability to breathe due to the throat swelling shut

• eyes, ears, nose, and throat
  • severe pain in the throat

• gastrointestinal
  • severe abdominal pain
  • diarrhea

• heart and blood vessels
  • rapid drop in blood pressure

For potassium permanganate:

• body as a whole
  • brown discoloration of the mouth and lips
  • swelling of the lips
  • shock
  • low urine output
  • no urine output

• respiratory
  • cough
  • breathing results in loud sounds

• eyes, ears, nose, and throat
  • swelling of the throat
  • yellow eyes

• skin
  • yellow skin

• heart and blood vessels
  • slow pulse
  • drop in blood pressure