Symptoms of heavy metal lead and mercury poisoning

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Now the pollution is more and more serious, heavy metal pollution is more and more serious. Lead to many friends suffering from lead and mercury poisoning, but long-term treatment will induce other diseases, lead and mercury poisoning causes are more complex, serious will induce a lot of complications. So, what skin manifestations can lead mercury poisoning appear? The following friends introduce.

Symptoms of heavy metal lead and mercury poisoning

1. Acute mercury poisoning (38-39 ℃), emotional agitation, restlessness, insomnia, even convulsion, coma or other oral symptoms, headache, dizziness, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue, physical pain, chills, fever, mental disorders. (2) respiratory cough, sputum, chest pain, dyspnea, purple osis, auscultation can hear different degrees of dry and wet sound or respiratory sound weakening. (3) the gastrointestinal tract is characterized by gingival swelling and pain, erosion, bleeding, oral mucosal ulcer, tooth loosening, salivary secretion, possibly with "Mercury line" (mercury line) ", buccal mucosal ulcer, possibly with abnormal liver function and hepatomegaly. Oral poisoning can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, mucus or bloody stool. Severe cases may be gastrointestinal perforation caused by peritonitis, dehydration and other causes of shock, liver damage in individual cases. (4) toxic nephropathy caused by necrosis of renal tubular epithelial cells, generally speaking, oral mercury salt time, inhalation of high concentration of mercury vapor for 2-3 days, edema, anuria, azotemia, hyperkalemia, acidosis, uremia, such as acute renal failure, threaten. Some patients may have acute glomerulonephritis, severe hematuria, proteinuria, hypertension and acute renal failure (ARF). (5) the skin showed rash 2-3 days after poisoning. Early in the limbs and head and face, and then the whole body, can be integrated into a sheet or ulcer, infection of systemic lymph nodes. Exfoliative dermatitis may occur in severe cases.

2. Subacute mercury poisoning is often used in the cases of oral and smear mercury containing remedial measures and inhalation mercury vapor concentration is not very high (0.5-1.0mg / m3), often 1-4 weeks after exposure to mercury. The clinical manifestation is similar to acute mercury poisoning. But you can see hair loss, insomnia, dreams, shaking (eyelids, tongue, fingers) and other manifestations. General detachment and treatment can be cured in a few weeks.

3. Chronic mercury poisoning (1) neuropsychiatric symptoms are dizziness, headache, insomnia, dream, forgetfulness, fatigue, loss of appetite and other mental weakness, frequent palpitations, sweating, positive skin scratch test, loss of libido, menstrual disorders (female), and then emotional and personal changes, manifesting irritability, anger, irritability, easy to cry, timidity, shyness, depression, withdrawal, Suspicion, inattention, even hallucinations, delusions and other psychiatric symptoms. (2) in the early stage of oral inflammation, gingival swelling, soreness, bleeding, ulceration of oral mucosa, enlargement of salivary glands, increase of saliva, halitosis, and then gingival recession, tooth abscission, fall off, oral hygiene may have "Mercury" (mercury and oral waste produced by hydrogen sulfide and bisulfate deposition secreted by salivary glands form about 1 mm blue and black lines in gingival mucosa).

matters needing attention

I hope that all friends must pay attention to the cleaning of food, can not abuse drugs, if the skin is abnormal, we should immediately go to the hospital for examination and treatment. At ordinary times, we must take measures to prevent lead and mercury poisoning.