It is widely believed in the extrication community that this airborne glass dust is very dangerous and causes silicosis, lung cancer, and other respiratory disorders. To determine when the issue of breathing glass dust began to creep into the extrication discussion, a review of extrication manuals, textbooks, journal articles, and magazine articles dating back to was undertaken. Although some cursory discussion of glass dust began in the early s, and Vehicle Rescue and Extrication-2nd Ed.
It turns out that crystalline silica dioxide is hazardous to breathe and is well documented to cause silicosis and myriad respiratory disorders. Glass dust, however, is not crystalline silica dioxide but amorphous silica dioxide.
As with many situations, the devil is in the details. A crystal is a solid material that occurs naturally during cooling from its melting point where its molecules align in a very regular and organized manner. The resulting solid is a homogeneous solid with geometrically arranged plane faces. Respirable crystalline silica dioxide is most frequently found in metal, nonmetal, and coal mines and mills; in granite quarrying and processing, crushed stone, and related industries; in foundries; in the ceramics industry; in construction; and in sandblasting operations.
An amorphous solid material occurs during the cooling process from its melting point. However, the rate of cooling process is greatly sped up. This causes the molecules of the material to become irregular and will have no alignment or arrangement. Based on your answers, you may be able to take care of this problem at home. Blood in the stool can come from anywhere in the digestive tract, such as the stomach or intestines. Depending on where the blood is coming from and how fast it is moving, it may be bright red, reddish brown, or black like tar.
A little bit of bright red blood on the stool or on the toilet paper is often caused by mild irritation of the rectum. For example, this can happen if you have to strain hard to pass a stool or if you have a hemorrhoid. A large amount of blood in the stool may mean a more serious problem is present. For example, if there is a lot of blood in the stool, not just on the surface, you may need to call your doctor right away.
If there are just a few drops on the stool or in the diaper, you may need to let your doctor know today to discuss your symptoms. Black stools may mean you have blood in the digestive tract that may need treatment right away, or may go away on its own. Certain medicines and foods can affect the colour of stool. Diarrhea medicines such as Pepto-Bismol and iron tablets can make the stool black. Eating lots of beets may turn the stool red. Eating foods with black or dark blue food colouring can turn the stool black.
If you take aspirin or some other medicine called a blood thinner that prevents blood clots, it can cause some blood in your stools. If you take a blood thinner and have ongoing blood in your stools, call your doctor to discuss your symptoms. It can be hard to tell how much pain a baby or toddler is in. Symptoms of difficulty breathing can range from mild to severe. For example:. Severe trouble breathing means:. Moderate trouble breathing means:. Mild trouble breathing means:.
Disc batteries are small, round batteries used in toys, cameras, watches, and other devices. Because of the chemicals they can release, they can cause serious problems if they are swallowed or get stuck in an ear or the nose.
Small magnets used in household items and objects that contain lead such as bullets, buckshot, fishing weights and sinkers, and some toys also can cause problems if swallowed. Based on your answers, you may need care soon. The problem probably will not get better without medical care. Based on your answers, you need emergency care. Call or other emergency services now. Sometimes people don't want to call They may think that their symptoms aren't serious or that they can just get someone else to drive them.
But based on your answers, the safest and quickest way for you to get the care you need is to call for medical transport to the hospital. Based on your answers, you may need care right away.
The problem is likely to get worse without medical care. The following home treatment may help relieve discomfort after you swallow an object into your digestive tract. Do not use syrup of ipecac. It is no longer used to treat poisonings. If you have syrup of ipecac in your home, call your pharmacist for instructions on how to dispose of it and throw away the container.
Do not store anything else in the container. Call your doctor if any of the following occur during home treatment:. To prevent children younger than 4 years from swallowing or inhaling objects:.
For more information about how to prevent accidental poisoning, see the topic Poisoning. Keep the poison control centre number for your area readily available. Practice the following suggestions when eating, and teach them to your children. Children may copy your behaviour.
To be prepared for a choking emergency, take an approved first aid course such as those that are sponsored by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross. To prepare for your appointment, see the topic Making the Most of Your Appointment. You can help your doctor diagnose and treat your condition by being prepared to answer the following questions:.
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Topic Overview When you swallow food, liquid, or an object, what is swallowed passes from your mouth through your throat and esophagus into your stomach. The situation may be more serious when: Signs of choking complete airway obstruction are present.
When the windpipe is blocked, air cannot move in and out of the lungs and the person cannot talk, cry, breathe, or cough and may turn blue or purple in the face. A blocked windpipe is a life-threatening emergency. The choking rescue procedure Heimlich manoeuvre is used to clear an obstruction in adults and children older than 1 year. Rescue back blows and chest thrusts are used in babies younger than 1 year.
Signs of a partially blocked windpipe are present. When the windpipe is partially blocked, some air can still move in and out of the lungs.
The lungs were treated for low temperature ashing ca. After ashing, these samples were melted with sodium carbonate in platinum pot for the measurement of the silica content by the absorption spectrophotometry. The maximum content of SiO2 was 45 micrograms in the exposed rats and 20 micrograms in the control. Joined: Dec 28, Messages: Likes Received: You would probably know if you inhaled glass particles.
I would think your lungs would feel like a knife is being stabbed into them. Just see how your body reacts to the hit. I'm quite the hypochondriac. Or I could just be getting a cough. Still, I'm worried. Joined: Aug 19, Messages: 2, Likes Received: 2, I have a lot of real health complications autoimmune disorder amongst other things that have somewhat led me to be a hypochondriac myself due to the fact that I come down with illnesses all the time.
That being said I actually have a reason to be one as I essentially have no immune system due to being on serious immunosuppressants and corticosteroids. My point? Don't get overworked about things. Just keep living your life even if you did accidentally inhale some glass particles I doubt it's about to hurt you. I'm sure glassblowers inhale 10x what you did.
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