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===Symptoms===
Symptoms include those of general GI tract upset (diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting) along with those of the resulting dehydration (thirst, muscle cramps, weakness, loss of tissue turgor, sunken eyes and wrinkled skin, severe metabolic acidosis with potassium depletion, anuria, circulatory collapse and cyanosis). Also, victims developed a blue tinge to their skin in the later stages of the disease. Death is through circulatory volume shock, and can occur within hours.
 
===Causes of symptoms===