Accidental Ingestion of Listerine?
i dont have any others symptoms
Answer:
The only thing that may be causing your symptoms from the Listerine is an allergy. Many people are allergic menthol but do not realize it since it produces vague or mild symptoms in most cases. I have such an allergy. I had a cough for over a year. Many doctors visits, tests, ineffective medications and hundreds of dollars (thousands if you include what the insurance paid) later, I figured it out on my own. As soon as I asked the doctor if my cough drops could be exacerbating my problem, he said "possibly, a lot of people are allergic to menthol". Why didn't he tell me that in the first, second or third place? I stopped using mouthwash, cough drops and certain breath mints and the problem disappeared. If I accidentally ingest something with menthol, I start coughing again.
I'd call Poison Control just to be on the safe side.
I've called them a few times when my kids ate things they shouldn't and turned out fine.
It'll give you piece of mind.
They're very nice.
Listerine will not hurt you. The main ingredient in it is alchohol.
If it was yesterday there would be little to nothing left to do anyhow. The amount you describe is minimal.
Street drunks drink it by the 32oz. everyday.
It won't harm you. Short of giving you some indigestion it's safe if you swallow it otherwise you wouldn't be advised to put it in your mouth at all. Your tongue swelling was more than likely a coincedence. Both toothpaste and mouthwash should be spat out but it won't hurt you if you do ingest, no matter what the amount.
You will be fine. Listerine doesn't conatin anything that is harmful unless you plan on drinking a gallon or two.
Your fine. If you tongue is bothering you take a benedryl. And yes poor drunks do drink it by the bottle.
Mouthwash contains alcohol. But you would have had to drink about say 8 oz or more for it to do something wrong. It's not toxic. You can ingest it. It's just that at large quantities you wll get too much alcohol in you. I wouldn't worry. As far as the tongue? Probably just too much of the antiseptic part of it. It should wear off. If it doesn't after a day or even by tonight then maybe you could call the ER. Or even a pharmacist. You'd be surprised how much they know. Good luck.
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