It turns out that there are 6 symptoms of magnesium sulfate poisoning

Magnesium sulfate is often used in daily life to treat symptoms such as catharsis, choleretics, and anticonvulsants, but it is not perfect. If used improperly, it can cause poisoning in the human body. In daily life, magnesium sulfate poisoning can cause the following 6 symptoms, the most common of which are stomach pain, vomiting, watery diarrhea, and collapse.

Clinical manifestations of magnesium sulfate poisoning:

1. Intravenous injection of magnesium sulfate often causes symptoms such as flushing, sweating, and dry mouth. Rapid intravenous injection can cause nausea, vomiting, palpitations, dizziness, and nystagmus in some cases. The symptoms can disappear by slowing down the injection rate.

2. In case of renal insufficiency and large dosage of medication, blood magnesium accumulation may occur. When the blood magnesium concentration reaches 5mmol/L, muscle excitability may be inhibited, sensory reactions may be sluggish, knee tendon reflexes may disappear, and breathing may begin to be inhibited. When the blood magnesium concentration reaches 6mmol/L, respiratory arrest, arrhythmia and heart block may occur. Further increase in concentration may cause cardiac arrest.

3. Continuous use of magnesium sulfate can cause constipation, and some patients may develop paralytic intestinal obstruction, which improves after stopping the medication.

4. In rare cases, blood calcium levels may decrease, resulting in recurrence of hypocalcemia.

5. Magnesium ions can freely pass through the placenta, causing neonatal hypermagnesemia, which manifests as low muscle tone, poor sucking ability, inactivity, soft crying, etc., and a few even have respiratory depression.

6. A small number of pregnant women develop pulmonary edema.

Rescue methods for magnesium sulfate poisoning

1. Do not continue to ingest magnesium sulfate after discovering magnesium sulfate poisoning. If it is an accidental poisoning, gastric lavage should be performed immediately, and then drink an appropriate amount of milk or egg white to avoid damage to the digestive tract mucosa. 2. If the patient is dehydrated due to excessive laxatives, taking sugar and salt water is more effective. The method is to add 20g of glucose to 1000ml of salt water, stir evenly and then take it. It has a good effect on protecting the small intestinal mucosa.

2. Calcium injection: After poisoning is discovered, 10% calcium gluconate or calcium chloride 10-20 ml should be added to the same dose of glucose and then injected to produce an antagonistic effect on Mg2+. The maximum daily injection dose for patients can reach 10g, but care must be taken to avoid hypercalcemia.

3. Use diuretics, mainly for patients without obvious dehydration, to help excrete urinary magnesium.

4. Hemodialysis. The most suitable treatment for hypermagnesemia is hemodialysis, especially for patients with chronic renal failure.

5. Artificial respiration. Acute magnesium poisoning is likely to cause respiratory failure or even cardiac arrest, so artificial respiration should be performed in time.

The above is the solution to magnesium sulfate poisoning introduced to you by Lao Zong Yi Health Online. When using magnesium sulfate powder, you must follow the doctor's instructions and cannot use it at will, otherwise it will endanger your health. In addition, we hope that patients suffering from magnesium sulfate poisoning can recover through correct treatment.