effects of strychnine poisoning
Clinical description. The major identifying clinical features of strychnine poisoning through ingestion are severe, painful spasms of the neck, back, and limbs and convulsions with an intact sensorium. Signs and symptoms might progress to coma. Tachycardia and hypertension are also common adverse health effects (1-4). Laboratory criteria for diagnosis Biologic: A case in which strychnine in urine or serum is detected, as determined by a laboratory (5).