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Observable Effects of Cyanide Consumption

Can you tell me will the skin colour change after consuming liquid cyanide? And will there be any oral vomiting?

PRASHanth
- Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA
2003

Cyanide poisoning is usually fatal. Someone exposed to it will initially become flushed and then blue as the body becomes deprived of oxygen. Vomiting is possible but not a surefire certainty of poisoning. If you suspect someone has become exposed to cyanide, the modern treatment is to administer oxygen from a medical cylinder. If that is not available, you must administer the antidote. Medical treatment is essential in any suspect case of exposure. Cyanide takes about two minutes to effectively kill you; I believe that after that time, although you may still be alive, you are past saving. If you haven't been exposed to a fatal dose you will live - there is no evidence to suggest it is accumulative.

Trevor Crichton
R&D practical scientist
Chesham, Bucks, UK
2003

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