Symptoms of selenium poisoning?

summary

Selenium poisoning is caused by people eating food and water with high selenium content, or engaging in some work that often comes into contact with selenium. Animals can also be poisoned when they ingest forage or other feed with high selenium content. Acute poisoning occurs in a syndrome called "hobbling blindness.". It is characterized by blindness, abdominal pain, salivation, and finally died of dyspnea due to muscle paralysis.

Symptoms of selenium poisoning?

Blind tottering: This is caused by people and animals eating food and feed containing moderate amount of selenium, selenium mainly enters people and animals in organic form. The patient has symptoms of nervous system, such as dull skin pain, numbness of limbs, dizziness, loss of appetite, etc.

Alkaline disease: This is because people and animals eat grains, vegetables and plants containing protein bound selenium (possibly selenium amino acids). The patient's hair falls off, even his eyebrows, beard and pubic hair fall off; Nail deformation, depression, and finally fall off; There are also rashes, skin itching and other symptoms.

The main symptoms of occupational selenium poisoning are: pale complexion, mental fatigue, gastrointestinal dysfunction, dyspepsia, breathing garlic smell. Serious cases can lead to central nervous system poisoning or "alkaline disease".

matters needing attention

The most effective way to prevent selenium poisoning is to make people and animals avoid selenium rich food and feed. The United States takes the method of removing selenium rich forage or changing grassland to prevent selenium poisoning. Some livestock also have the ability to recognize selenium rich forages, because some selenium rich forages emit a garlic odor.