### condition:

Intoxication
* Most intoxications are caused by ingestion
  - result from ingestion
* Neptunian quality which includes alchohol and recreational drugs.
* Some intoxications cause death
  - result in death
  - exhilaration
* can cause users to feel confident when they are impaired
  - heighten disorientation and impede escape
  - induce nausea, vomiting, dizziness, lethargy, respiratory depression, and coma
  - last only a few minutes or several hours if inhalants are taken repeatedly
  - lead people to do dangerous things
  - readily lead to overdose
* cause regret.
* does make people less able to make thoughtful decisions about sex or anything else
  - some people more aggressive
* is at the root of many crimes and accidents
  - defined by statute at a specified blood-alcohol ratio
  - grounds to suppress statements
  - just as really produced by wine, beer, and cider as by stronger drinks
  - more common around dump sites for old motors, vehicles, lubricants, and paints
  - often a factor in incidents of harassment
  - the effect of alcohol on the body
* never occurs suddenly.
* occurs when higher doses are taken
  - with the first drink of alcohol and merely increases with each additional drink
* refers to the degree to which functionality is impaired.
* seems to have originated in connec- tion with the religious and social consciousness
  - hinder genital blood flow in both men and women
* state when a person's physical or mental ability is impaired.
* temporary state that is brought on by the use of alcohol.

### condition | intoxication:

Caffeinism
* is an intoxication
* stimulated condition of chronic poisoning due to over-indulgence of caffeine.

Cocaine intoxication
* is much briefer than amphetamine intoxication, requiring more frequent dosing
  - poisoning of the body by use of too much cocaine
* occurs when a person smokes, snorts, or injects too much cocaine.

Cyanide poisoning
* can occur very quickly and with deadly results.
* refers to harmful effects of inhaling hydrogen cyanide or of ingesting cyanides.

Ergotism
* are diseases
* can also cause severe constriction of blood vessels, resulting in gangrene.
* causes constrictions in blood vessels leading to the hands and feet.
  - caused by eating bread made from purple ergot-contaminated rye flour
  - discussed in the Old Testament of the Bible
  - probably the oldest known mycotoxicosis
  - still a major livestock poisoning problem
  - the clinical syndrome caused by the genera of fungi, Claviceps

Lead intoxication
* fairly common problem in pet birds.
* impairs the generation of a delayed type hypersensitivity response.

Mercury poisoning
* can cause brain damage, birth defects, liver disorders, and other ailments.
* can cause neurological and reproductive problems
  - disorders or even death
  - result in numbness, staggered walk, tunnel vision, and brain damage
* causes damages to the central nervous system.
* goes on for many years.
  - diseases
  - insidious
* rare cause of hypertension in children.

Pesticide poisoning
* can be fatal.
* causes immune system damage including autoimmune disease.
* continues to occur among workers using flea-control products.
* growing form of environmental pollution.
* occurs most commonly through skin contact.

Severe intoxication
* can result in seizures, coma and death.
* produce hyperthermia, mental status changes, and pulmonary edema.

Water intoxication
* can occur after drinking as little as three litres
  - if young infants are given too much plain water
* occurs when there is too much fluid in the body.
* refers to the rare condition when body water contents are too high.

Invagination
* is driven by cell shape changes.
* is the local inward buckling of an epithelial sheet
  - an epithelium
* occurs due to a cluster of cells burrowing inward.