Hydrofluoric acid poisoning

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If the person touched the poison, treatment may include:

• Rinsing and cleaning of wound area
• Magnesium and calcium solutions applied to skin to neutralize the acid (solutions may also be given through an IV)
• Monitoring to watch for signs of body-wide poisoning
• Pain medicines

If the person breathed in the poison, treatment may include:

• Breathing tube for severe injuries
• Breathing treatments that deliver calcium into your lungs
• Pain medicines

Hydroflouric acid is especially dangerous. The most common accidents occur with hydroflouric acid causing severe burns on the skins and hands. The burns may be extremely painful. Patients will have a lot of scarring and some loss of function of the area involved.

Persons who swallow hydroflouric acid can have a lot of damage to the inside organs, which can lead to a painful death.

Review Date: 02/02/2011
Reviewed By: Eric Perez, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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