Polymer fume fever
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Polymer fume fever or fluoropolymer fever, also informally called Teflon flu, is an inhalation fever caused by the fumes released when polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, known under the trade name Teflon) reaches temperatures of 300 °C (572 °F) to 450 °C (842 °F).[1]
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Polymer fume fever | |
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Other names | Fluoropolymer fever |
Chemical structure of Teflon, the polymer whose breakdown products cause this condition | |
Specialty | Emergency medicine |
Symptoms | fever, shaking chills, arthralgias, myalgias, headache, and malaise |
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