Symptoms for Acute Onset of Severe Myocarditis. While there are several contributing factors that may lead to myocarditis, the primary cause is viral. Myocarditis usually results from the Coxsackie B virus, and may also result from measles, influenza, chicken pox, hepatitis virus, or the adenovirus in children. If an acute onset of severe myocarditis occurs, a patient may display the following symptoms:
Medical Definition of toxic. 1  1: containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing serious injury or death toxic drugs toxic gas. 2  2: of, relating to, or caused by a poison or toxin toxic liver damage. 3  3a: affected by a poison or toxinb: affected with toxemia of pregnancy toxic pregnant women.
Chemical Hazards The word toxic means poison. Poisoncauses illness and sometimes death.Toxicity refers to a chemicalâs ability toharm living things (you).These harmful chemicals, called toxins,affect various parts of the body, such as thenervous system, the heart, the lungs, theeyes, and the skin.ven with this short amount oftime, students come out with a great understanding of WHMIS.As new students may enter your facility after your lessons on WHMIS, thisbooklet and assignments may allow students to progress by themselves, if needbe, with little intervention by the teacher.