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Effects of Bright Aluminum Poisoning
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Awhile back, oh say, 2 months(?), I was playing with some bright aluminum coils at school. Soon I played with my lighter, too. Somehow my brain managed to combine the two play-things. Much to my surprise, I could melt the bright aluminum with the tip of my lighter flame.
I paid little heed to the warnings labeled on the wire spool (I had read it, but it was lost in my mind while I was melting away) and after my sickness, I realized that the warning had been in front me the whole time. After I began to feel better, I made notes on a piece of paper, of the physical and psychological effects of this poisoning.
Here are those notes.
Physical Effects:
If the physical effects weren't enough to deal with, there were also psychological effects.
Psychological Effects:
Overall the experience was very disturbing. I would not wish this poisoning upon even my worst enemy.
I hope my experiences will give people insight as to why there are warning labels on some spools of wire, and that we should heed these warnings for what they have to say.
Comments? Questions? email me: bative@hotmail.com
I paid little heed to the warnings labeled on the wire spool (I had read it, but it was lost in my mind while I was melting away) and after my sickness, I realized that the warning had been in front me the whole time. After I began to feel better, I made notes on a piece of paper, of the physical and psychological effects of this poisoning.
Here are those notes.
Physical Effects:
- Soreness in joints (elbows, knees, neck, back, wrists)
- Loss of physical strength
- Rapid breathing, much more rapid than normal.
- Inflammation and irritation of the respiratory system (meaning, extreme sore throat, sinuses clogged all the way up, sore lungs, difficulty breathing)
- Lingering painful headaches
- Elevated blood pressure. My heart was racing, I tried to count I when I first noticed, but couldn't keep track of counting/watching the clock
- High fever. I woke up in the middle of the night with a high fever of 101.5 degrees F.
If the physical effects weren't enough to deal with, there were also psychological effects.
Psychological Effects:
- It seemed like I had two conscious minds. One was my everyday personality, my usual mind/way of thinking. However, there was a powerful presence of another mind, this other mind could control some body movements and some of my thoughts.
- Crazy, senseless thoughts not usual of my character, or anyone for that matter. (example: for no reason, when I woke up in the middle of the hallucinations, I yelled out "slither in the grass like a snake", and my body began to move like a snake.)
- Audible hallucinations. This means I heard wierd voices in my head.
- Sound recognization. I was listening to music while I was sleeping, when I awoke during a hallucination, I heard a particular beat that sounded like a baseball being hit. At about 2:00 AM, in the middle of the winter, I was convinced that there was a group of neighbourhood kids outside playing baseball. I was so convinced, that I actually got up to look out the window to see who was outside.
- My mind made it feel like normal physical occurrences, like walking, drinking, talking, were all new to me. I could actually feel each word come off my tongue, I could feel my heartbeat; when I tried to walk, the first step, I almost fell. I had to think about how to walk.
Overall the experience was very disturbing. I would not wish this poisoning upon even my worst enemy.
I hope my experiences will give people insight as to why there are warning labels on some spools of wire, and that we should heed these warnings for what they have to say.
Comments? Questions? email me: bative@hotmail.com
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