This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Forensic Toxicology - Concepts, Statutes, Evidence, and Techniques, Subject name: Forensic Medicine
Acute arsenic poisoning is confused with? 
Select and explain. 
A. Ureteric colic, B. Acute gastroenteritis, C. Malaria, D. Diptheria
B: Acute gastroenteritis
Answer: B: Acute gastroenteritis 
Explanation: AANSWER: (B) Acute gastroenteritisREF: Parikh 6th ed page 9.9"In arsenic poisoning the stools are tinged with blood, watery like the rice water stools of cholera""In arsenic poisoning vomiting is followed by diarrhoea while in cholera diarrhoea is followed by vomiting"RESEMBLANCE OF POISONSPoisoningResemble toArsenicCholera or acute gastroenteritisMercurvDiphtheriaZincMalaria or influenza likeCarbolic acid (phenol)Opium poisoningStrychnineTetanus/Epilepsy/HysteriaAbrus prectoriusViper bite