Cotton seed oil is one of the edible oil, raw cotton seed oil contains a substance called cotton phenol is not destroyed, long-term consumption will cause poisoning. Cooked cotton seed oil in the cotton phenol has been destroyed, after eating will not cause poisoning, you can rest assured boldly eat.

Some people call the consumption of raw cotton seed oil poisoning as hemp disease, idiopathic hypokalemia, soft disease and hypokalemic paralysis. In recent years, some experts will consume raw cotton seed oil poisoning called renal tubular low potassium soft disease, people eat raw cotton seed oil for a long time, raw cotton seed oil in the cotton phenol will damage the kidneys, the first damage to the renal tubules, so that the renal tubular recycling of potassium dysfunction, leading to the body of the increase in potassium discharge, resulting in hypokalemia. Hypokalemia lasting more than 2 weeks can cause significant damage to the kidneys and heart.

Toxicity after consuming raw cotton seed oil can be an acute onset or a chronic process. The main clinical manifestations are weakness, dizziness, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, constipation or diarrhea and burning sensation on the skin. Some patients also have symptoms such as thirst, excessive drinking, excessive urination, dry skin, amenorrhea or no sperm in men, and hypogonadism. Individuals with severe poisoning will also experience convulsions and paralysis, and even death due to cardiac arrest.

Currently, there is no special treatment for raw cotton seed oil poisoning. The fundamental way to prevent raw cotton seed oil poisoning is not to eat raw cotton seed oil, need to eat cotton seed oil when the cotton seed oil will be boiled, in order to avoid poisoning.