Toxic symptoms of inhalation of mercury vapor?

summary

Mercury poisoning is mostly chronic, which mainly occurs in production activities and is caused by long-term inhalation of mercury vapor and mercury compound dust. The main symptoms were mental nerve abnormality, gingivitis and tremor. To introduce the symptoms of inhalation of mercury vapor poisoning.

Toxic symptoms of inhalation of mercury vapor?

It is mainly caused by oral administration of mercury compounds such as mercuric chloride. The patient causes acute corrosive stomatitis and gastroenteritis within a few minutes to dozens of minutes after taking it. The patient complained of burning pain in the mouth and throat, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody mucus and detached necrotic tissue in vomitus and feces, and the patient may often be accompanied by peripheral circulation failure and gastrointestinal perforation, Acute renal failure and liver damage may occur after 3-4 days (severe within 24 hours).

It is often caused by occupational inhalation of mercury vapor, and a few patients can also be caused by the application of mercury preparation. The psycho neurological symptoms may first include dizziness, headache, insomnia, dreaminess, and then emotional excitement or depression, anxiety and timidity, as well as the manifestations of autonomic nerve dysfunction, such as blushing, sweating, skin scratch sign, etc. muscle tremor occurs first in fingers, eyelids and tongue.

In the aspect of kidney, it is a subclinical renal tubular dysfunction, low molecular weight proteinuria, nephritis and nephrotic syndrome. Kidney damage is expected to recover after breaking away from mercury contact. Patients with chronic poisoning may still have weight loss, Sexual dysfunction.

matters needing attention

Mercury poisoning can be treated with sodium Dimercaptopropanesulfonate or sodium dimercaptosuccinate. Mild chronic mercury poisoning can be cured, and patients need not worry about it. In terms of prevention, comprehensive preventive measures should be taken to replace mercury with non-toxic or low toxic raw materials, such as electronic instruments instead of mercury meters, alcohol thermometers instead of metal mercury thermometers, and exhaust hood or closed device should be set up when smelting or filling mercury to avoid mercury vapor escaping.