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some household cleaners
some liniments
some fertilizers
Note: This list may not be all inclusive.
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Ammonia levels in the blood rise when the liver is not able to convert ammonia to urea. This may be caused by cirrhosis or severe hepatitis.
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Ammonia Poisoning
Ammonia is a product of waste from a fish’s excrement or respiration.
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Ammonia - found in toilet cleaners.
Acetone - found in nail varnish remover.
Cadmium - a highly poisonous metal used in batteries.
Vinyl chloride - used to make PVC.
Napthtalene - used in moth balls.
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Ammonia (NH4+) is produced by cells throughout the body, especially the intestines, liver, and kidneys.
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Ammonia
Adding ammonia to a cigarette means that the smoker "freebases" the nicotine - in much the same way as a crack user takes cocaine. Ammonia speeds up the delivery of so-called "free" nicotine by raising the pH (alkalinity) of tobacco smoke.
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Ammonia - irritates your lungs
Carbon monoxide - hampers breathing by reducing oxygen in your blood
Methanol - toxic when inhaled or swallowed
Hydrogen cyanide - interferes with proper respiratory function ...
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DIAPER RASH (Ammoniacal Dermatitis)
SYMPTOMS"A reddish rash affecting the diaper region, with or without secondary infection by fungus or bacteria. Redness, tenderness, thickening of skin, inflammation.
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Smoking is considered a health hazard because tobacco smoke contains nicotine, a poisonous alkaloid, and other harmful substances such as carbon monoxide, acrolein, ammonia, prussic acid, and a number of aldehydes and tars; ...
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Inhaling smoke, as in a fire; toxic materials in the air, such as ammonia or hydrocarbons; or too much oxygen, which itself can injure the lungs.
Infection by a virus or bacterium, or sepsis, a widespread infection that gets into the blood.
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Struvite stones - These stones are made of magnesium and ammonia (a waste product), and are related to urinary tract infections caused by certain bacteria.
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Serum ammonia levels are usually high.
Prothrombin time may be prolonged and not correctable with Vitamin K.
CT scan of the head may be normal, or may show general atrophy (loss of tissue).
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Lactulose, a synthetic sugar, changes the characteristics of intestinal bacteria, decreases the amount of ammonia accumulated in the body, and has laxative properties.
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The breath may have an ammonia-like odor (also described as urine-like or "fishy") in people with chronic kidney failure.
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Their bottoms are in frequent contact with moisture, bacteria, and ammonia, and there is rubbing from the diaper. Babies and toddlers are at risk as long as they are wearing diapers. Rashes are much easier to prevent than to cure.
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Rather than requiring the more volatile method of processing cocaine using ether, crack cocaine is processed with ammonia or sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and water and heated to remove the hydrochloride, ...
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Irritative Bronchitis
Caused by dust, pollen , strong acid fumes, ammonia, chlorine, hydrogen sulfide, sulphur dioxide, ozone, tobacco smoke.
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inhaling toxic fumes, such as those from chlorine or ammonia
inhaling the contents of the stomach, known as aspiration pneumonia
near drowning
serious inflammation in other parts of the body, such as acute pancreatitis
prolonged or severe shock ...
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PORTAL-SYSTEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY - Refers to a condition of mental status changes, ranging from mild confusion to a coma-state resulting from increased ammonia transferred to the brain because of the inability of the liver to remove this toxic compound ...
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Eliminate, by metabolizing and/or secreting, the potentially harmful biochemical products produced by the body, such as bilirubin from the breakdown of old red blood cells and ammonia from the breakdown of proteins ...
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A struvite (STROO-vite) stone may form after an infection in the urinary system. These stones contain the mineral magnesium (mag-NEE-zee-um) and the waste product ammonia (uh-MOH-nyuh).
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Pylori organisms colonizing the lining of the human stomach produce urease which converts 13C-urea into 13CO2 and ammonia. Test samples are analyzed by gas isotope ratio mass spectrometry or equivalent; in the absence of H. pylori, the ratio of 13CO ...
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