Oxalate poisoning

Oxalate poisoning: how soon does it show?

Hours; or months, for the slow kind.

How does it run?

Oxalate binds calcium, so the acute poisoning brings cramps and a stopped heart, and the chronic kind blocks the kidneys with crystals.

What is done for it?

Calcium; fluids; dialysis.

Historical and descriptive, not medical advice. In a poisoning, call a poison centre or emergency services.

Which substances in the database cause it?

C

FungusChagaInonotus obliquus A black, cracked, charcoal-like growth on living birch.

P

Plant PurslanePortulaca; Greek andrachne Portulaca oleracea, a succulent, creeping herb of warm gardens.

S

CompoundSorrel, syrup ofSiroppo acetoso Probably the syrupus acetosus of the pharmacopoeias, syrup of vinegar, which the London Dispensatory gives to prepare the stomach for a vomit; the name could also mean a syrup of sorrel, Rumex acetosa, which the College made like the other sour syrups.Canale

W

PlantWood sorrelOxalis; Irish seamsóg Oxalis acetosella. A delicate woodland plant with clover-like, sour-tasting leaves of three leaflets and white, veined flowers.