Acute arsenic poisoning is confused with?
Correct Answer: Acute gastroenteritis
Description: AANSWER: (B) Acute gastroenteritisREF: Parikh 6th ed page 9.9"In arsenic poisoning the stools are tinged with blood, watery like the rice water stools of cholera""In arsenic poisoning vomiting is followed by diarrhoea while in cholera diarrhoea is followed by vomiting"RESEMBLANCE OF POISONSPoisoningResemble toArsenicCholera or acute gastroenteritisMercurvDiphtheriaZincMalaria or influenza likeCarbolic acid (phenol)Opium poisoningStrychnineTetanus/Epilepsy/HysteriaAbrus prectoriusViper bite
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