descaler Archives - The Story of David Kaspar https://blog.davidkaspar.com/archives/tag/descaler Online journal and ponderings about the Internet, gadgets and photography. Thu, 07 Oct 2004 08:45:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://blog.davidkaspar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/chubby.gif descaler Archives - The Story of David Kaspar https://blog.davidkaspar.com/archives/tag/descaler 32 32 Don’t try this at home https://blog.davidkaspar.com/archives/2004/10/dont-try-this-at-home.php https://blog.davidkaspar.com/archives/2004/10/dont-try-this-at-home.php#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2004 08:45:42 +0000 https://davidkaspar.com/wp/2004/10/07/dont-try-this-at-home/ I managed to swallow some descaler liquid the other day. Active ingridients sulphamic acid and citric acid. I was descaling the hot water kettle in the morning and decided to leave the descaler product working during the day while being at work. When coming back home I had obviously forgotten all about the descaler and … Continue reading "Don’t try this at home"

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]]> I managed to swallow some descaler liquid the other day. Active ingridients sulphamic acid and citric acid.
I was descaling the hot water kettle in the morning and decided to leave the descaler product working during the day while being at work.
When coming back home I had obviously forgotten all about the descaler and put the kettler on.
I soaked some rice noodles in the acid water and I made some nice miso soup from it.
The noodles tasted a bit funny (sour) but it wasn’t until I had a few sips of the soup I suspected something was very wrong.
The soup was very sour and soon my lips and tounge had a tingling sensation. While thinking why on earth the food would all taste so sour it struck me that I had left the descaler in the kettle.
I summoned the pack quikly to see whether it provided any warning texts. Right after “keep away from children” it said “seek medical advice if swallowed“.
It was a bit late so instead of seeking medical advise I drank a couple of pints of milk and decided to weather it out. A quick search on the internet for “swallow descaler” led me to the helpful page of Emergency treatment of self-poisoning or overdose. The page assured me that diluted commercial descaler shouldn’t be lethal.
Woke up in the middle of the night due to a rumble in my tommy. Had a couple of bowls of Crunchy Nut with some more milk which seemed to settle it a bit.
Couple of days later and all seems fine. Bit worried about possible complications: “Oesophageal stricture and pyloric stenosis can occur after 14–21 days”. Any doctors around? What’s that when it’s at home?

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