Baking soda overdose

• Definition
• Poisonous Ingredient
• Symptoms
• Home Treatment

• Before Calling Emergency
• Poison Control, or a local emergency number
• What to expect at the emergency room
• Expectations (prognosis)

Definition   

Poisoning from an overdose of baking soda.

Poisonous Ingredient   

• sodium bicarbonate

Symptoms   

• body as a whole
  • muscle spasms
  • convulsions
  • muscle weakness
  • frequent urination
• gastrointestinal
  • constipation
  • feeling of being full
• nervous system
  • irritability

Home Treatment   

DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. Call Poison Control for appropriate treatment.

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

Poison Control, or a local emergency number   

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 at the emergency room   

Some or all of the following procedures may be performed:

• Give fluids.
• Treat the symptoms.

Expectations (prognosis)   

The outcome depends on a number of factors including the amount of baking soda that is ingested; how promptly treatment begins; the person's age, weight, and condition; and so forth.