Toxic Effects of Mercury Poisening

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Humans and animals have been exposed to one or all forms of mercury, but the toxic effects can vary depending on the person or the animal. The toxic effects can also vary on the amount of exposure, what type of chemical form the mercury is in, and where the exposure is. Humans and animals weight different amounts and are different in height. The smaller the mammal the more the symptoms of mercury poison will be seen, and the toxic effects. Other factors involved are family genes, diet, lifestyle, and how healthy mammals are before the exposure will determine whether they will get mercury poisoning.
Any oral digestion of mercury fillings from dental work, or oral thermometers that are filled with mercury will not be a significant amount of exposure to have any toxic effects. Toxic exposure from skin contact with mercury is extremely low, and as with the possibly of it going through the skin. On the other hand, it can all depend on how much you have been in contact with on your skin. The worse symptom for skin contact might be a rash or mild bumps. If small amounts are digested in the form of elementary (metallic) mercury the gastrointestinal tract will pass the substance through the body with small amounts, but if continue amounts are digested it will accumulate in the appendix and cause infections or worse. Another form of contact is air or vapor exposure is extremely hazardous to humans and animals, because of the fact that it can stay in your system for long periods of time before being flush out by the body. The most damage form to humans and mammals is the digestion of mercury.
Expoure to elemental mercury is mostly due to indoor spills, medical waste, and left over mercury from school labs, which is due to humans not pro...

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... hair, blood, fingernails, urine samples, and if any women are pregnant breast milk can be way to measured for contamination. Treatment may depend on the severity of the case, and it may require hospital. If hospitalization is needed then tell the doctor what form of mercury contamination you were exposed to, and have the authorities remove the contamination. The doctors will admit the patient to ICU, and closely monitor them. If tested positive some people use a therapy called chelation, which is used to treat toxic metals inside the body (http://nccam.nih.gov/health/chelation). More severe cases a filtration of the blood are used. Less severe cases by using ultra violet light on aquatic environment it can break down the mercury or methyl mercury into a gas form. FDA warns females to limit their dosage of fish, and to stay away from all containing mercury products.

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