What is mercury poisoning?
⏩Mercury is a naturally occurring element found in air, water and soil.⠀ ⠀ ✅A highly toxic form (methylmercury) builds up in fish, shellfish and animals that eat fish. ⠀ ⠀ ✅Fish and shellfish are the main sources of methylmercury exposure to humans.⠀ ⠀ ✅Other sources of mercury can be silver-colored dental fillings that contain up to 50% mercury by weight and can release mercury vapor, fluorescent light bulbs that use electricity to excite mercury vapor, and mercury fever thermometers made of glass.⠀ ⠀ ⏩Symptoms of elemental mercury include these:⠀ ⠀ ✅Tremors⠀ ✅Emotional changes (for example, mood swings, irritability, nervousness, excessive shyness)⠀ ✅Insomnia⠀ ✅Neuromuscular changes (such as weakness, muscle atrophy, twitching)⠀ ✅Headaches⠀ ✅Disturbances in sensations⠀ ✅Changes in nerve responses⠀ ✅Performance deficits on tests of cognitive function⠀ ⠀ ✅At higher exposures there may be kidney effects, respiratory failure and death. ⠀ ⠀ ⏩Local and systemic effects of mercury are caused by parental exposure to elemental mercury.⠀ ⠀ ✅Subcutaneous granuloma formation was reported following elemental mercury self-injection in the antecubital fossa and mercury embolism following intravenous injection of mercury.⠀ ⠀ ✅Acute exposure to high levels of mercury vapor can lead to severe lung damage, even death due to hypoxia.⠀ ⠀ ⏩The top priority in management of mercury poisoning is to stop exposure to mercury immediately and to lower mercury concentrations in critical organs or injured site.⠀ ⠀ ✅Mercury excretion can be increased by using chelating agents, such as dimercaprol (or British anti-lewisite), penicillamine and 2,3-dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid. By: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZMiLSsBBUT/?utm_medium=copy_link
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