The poison I decided to research is Nerve Gas. There are 4 main nerve agents, they are; chemical sarin (GB), soman (GD), toban (GA) and VX. These nerve agents are highly toxic and have many symptoms if they are inhaled. Those symptoms are; pinpoint pupils of the eye, excessive production of mucus, tears, saliva and sweat, headaches, stomach pain, nausea, and vomiting, chest tightness, shortness of breath, loss of bladder and bowel control, muscle twitching, seizures, a coma and worst of all death. Nerve agents act on the body by transmitting messages to the organs and tissues. The nerve agents block the normal function of the chemical agents at the nerve endings. So than the nerves send too many signals which can cause overload in parts of the body. The nerve agents are liquids at room temperature, VX is the one that is more oily than the rest. The vapor in these nerve agents is heavier than air so they are closer to the ground and low lying areas. If you are exposed to nerve gas which is not very likely it can be treated. You need to go to a medical professional and they can give you atropine and pralidoxime chloride which stops the affects of the nerve agents. It may be a repeated treatment of it may only be needed once. If you think you have been exposed you need too get blood or urine test because that is how it can be detected.
http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/emergency/chemical_terrorism/nerve_agents_general.htm
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