Polymer fume fever

Polymer fume fever
Polymer fume fever
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

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]

^ Shusterman, D. J. (1 July 1993). "Polymer fume fever and other fluorocarbon pyrolysis-related syndromes". Occupational Medicine. 8 (3): 519–531. ISSN 0885-114X. PMID 8272977.

[1] Shusterman, D. J. (1 July 1993). "Polymer fume fever and other fluorocarbon pyrolysis-related syndromes". Occupational Medicine. 8 (3): 519–531. ISSN 0885-114X. PMID 8272977.

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