Intoxication

A intoxication is a whole of disorders of the operation of the organization due to the absorption of a substance foreign, known as Toxique.

The absorption of the poison can be made

by inhalation (aspiration, breathing of a Aérosol Gaz or vapor, Fog, Smoked) or of dust);
by ingestion (to drink, eat);
by cutaneous contact (either cutaneous effraction by wound or burn, or by diffusion through the Derm and the skin);
by direct injection in blood (parenteral Voie differently all that is Piqûre or Cathéter).

One distinguishes:

intoxication of the Asphyxiation, which is the absence of Dioxygène, for example an atmosphere of Diazote or of Carbon dioxide is asphyxiating but not toxic, on the other hand, a low content of Carbon monoxide in the Air is toxic, but not asphyxiating
the food poisonings, mainly due to the development of germs (like the Botulisme) or to the absorption of a product not Comestible (like certain mushrooms);
the medicamentous intoxications, by use of an unsuited drug, or an excessive absorption (Surdose);
the Drug-addiction, voluntary intoxication with a phenomenon of Habituation and dependence (of which the Alcoholism, the Nicotinism, the cocaine addiction, the héroïnomanie, the morphine addiction, the éthéromanie);
the Poisoning, administration of a Poison at criminal ends , or mechanism of defense de on behalf of a Plant or of an Animal (Venom).

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