A member asked:

I blended two cherry pits by mistake with the fruit smoothie i was doing . can i or my son get cyanide poisoning ?

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Dr. Michael Finkelstein answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

The pits: Symptoms of mild poisoning include headache, dizziness, confusion, anxiety, and vomiting. Larger doses can lead to difficulty breathing, increased blood pressure and heart rate, and kidney failure. Reactions can include coma, convulsions, and death from respiratory arrest. There are several treatment options, but the main thing is to limit the absorption of the chemicals from the seeds. Basically,

Answered 5/23/2019

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