<prompt> Acute arsenic poisoning is confused with?Ureteric colicAcute gastroenteritisMalariaDiptheria  <response>: AANSWER: B Acute gastroenteritisREF: Parikh 6th ed page 9.9In arsenic poisoning the stools are tinged with blood, watery like the rice water stools of choleraIn arsenic poisoning vomiting is followed by diarrhoea while in cholera diarrhoea is followed by vomitingRESEMBLANCE OF POISONSPoisoningResemble toArsenicCholera or acute gastroenteritisMercurvDiphtheriaZincMalaria or influenza likeCarbolic acid phenolOpium poisoningStrychnineTetanusEpilepsyHysteriaAbrus prectoriusViper bite 