Where Found:

• various deodorants

Symptoms:

• body as a whole
  • listing from side to side
  • unable to walk in a normal manner
  • slurred speech
  • easily upset
  • burning pain in the mouth
  • blood in the urine
  • no urine output
  • painful urination
  • collapse
  • convulsions
• respiratory
  • slowed respirations
• eyes, ears, nose, and throat
  • burning pain in the throat
  • yellow eyes
• skin
  • yellow skin
• gastrointestinal
  • vomiting
  • diarrhea (watery, bloody)
• heart and blood vessels
  • low blood pressure
• nervous system
  • stupor
  • coma

Home Treatment: Give the patient milk or water to dilute the aluminum salts unless instructed otherwise by a health care provider or the patient is unable to swallow due to convulsions or unconsciousness.

Before Calling Emergency: Determine the following information:

• the patient’s age, weight, and condition
• the name of the product (ingredients and strengths if known)
• the time it was swallowed
• the amount swallowed

Call Poison Control: They will instruct you if it is necessary to take the patient to the hospital. See Poison Control centers for telephone numbers and addresses. Take the container with you to the emergency room.

What To Expect: Some or all of the following procedures may be performed:

• Use gastric lavage.
• Treat the symptoms.

Due to the dilute concentrations of aluminum salts and ethanol, severe toxicity is unlikely. Survival over 24 hours usually indicates recovery will follow. However, death may occur as late as a week after ingestion if enough of the product was consumed.