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How well you do depends on the amount of poison swallowed and how quickly treatment is received. The faster you get medical help, the better the chance for recovery.

Outcomes depend on the type of poison swallowed:

• Ethylene glycol is extremely poisonous.
• Complete recovery from lead poisoning takes a year or more. It may cause permanent brain damage.
• If the amount of zinc or tin swallowed is low, recovery should occur within approximately 6 hours.
• Skin color changes due to silver poisoning are permament.
• Long-term poisoning with antimony and cadmium may lead to lung cancer.
• Recovery from acid poisoning depends on how much tissue has been damaged.

Review Date: 02/15/2009
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. 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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