Symptoms resulting from exposure to chlorine may be divided according to the route of exposure as how to follows:
Inhalation.
Commercially available chlorine is usually not in gas form. Most inhalation of this gas may be caused by accidents in factories. Factory employees or those working with this gas are at risk of being expose to toxic chemicals through inhalation. This may result in abnormalities at 2 levels: UFABET
- Mild to moderate level It is a level that may cause the patient to experience headaches, nausea, vomiting, burning in the nasal cavity, mouth, and throat, coughing, frothy white or blood-tinged sputum, hoarseness, wheezing, or no sound. Severe chest tightness, difficulty breathing, suffocation, and can cause lungs to flood , etc.
- If the level is severe, it can cause severe respiratory system abnormalities, leading to immediate suffocation and death.
However, these symptoms may also be found in the case of ingesting chlorine in liquid form from various products as well. In addition, long-term inhalation of low concentrations of the substance. May cause fatigue, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, chest pain, asthma and tooth decay. Erosion, hemoptysis, and abnormal lung function.
Skin contact.
Contact with chlorine-containing products or direct contact with the substance can cause abnormalities. For example, swimming in a swimming pool or using cleaning products. The abnormality can be divide into 2 levels: mild to moderately severe. That results in irritation, burning, inflammation, or blisters in areas of skin that come in contact with chemicals. Severe levels may cause damage to the skin tissue in that area. Until causing a severe burning sensation and may cause skin cells to die as well.