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Effects of Mustard(blister) Agents

������� Mustard poisoning is a very serious chemical poisoning that is a lot like OP nerve agent poisoning. �� Survivors of encounters with this chemicals have complained of nausea, vomitting, and dirrhea.� In 1984 alone more than five-thousand Iranians died from mustard poisoning.� Of those five-thousand twenty to seventy percent had third degree burns over most of their bodies.� Before they died they all had tearing of eyes, temporary loss of vision, and blurred vision.� They also had severe conjunctivitis(an inflamation of the mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelids), corneal abrasion, and photophobia. Photophobia is an extreme sensitivity to light.� Unlike OP nerve poisoning the symptoms for mustard poisoning take from one to two hours to take effect.�� In addition to those other things mustard poioning also causes irritation to the gastrointestinal tract, tissue damage, and pharyngitis, which is a sore throat or inflamation of the mucous membrane.� This is a sore throat so bad that it has a fifteen percent mortality rate.�� Another effect of the chemical that has a fifteen percent mortality rate is tracheobronchitis.� Mustard poisoning causes tissue damage and� and irritation to the skin and respiratory system, and hematologic problems after five to seven days.� Hematologic problems are ones that have to do with the blood.