What are the hazards of cadmium poisoning?

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We know that all kinds of factors in a healthy human body are in a state of balance. If any of them exceeds the standard, there may be problems, especially some special trace factors, such as cadmium, which is a blue and white multivalent metal element and is often used in stainless steel and other products. At the same time, cadmium is an essential trace element for human body, but excessive chromium will do great harm to human body. Its toxicity is related to the state of existence, so what harm does cadmium poisoning have to human body? Now let's talk about it.

What are the hazards of cadmium poisoning?

First: first of all, there will be skin damage. Hexavalent chromium compounds can stimulate and sensitize the skin. There will be erythema, edema and ulcers on the skin. In addition, chromium ulcer is a kind of deep ulcer, and there will be canceration. Special attention should be paid to it.

Second: it will lead to respiratory system damage, chromate and chromic acid smoke and dust, have obvious damage to the respiratory tract, can cause nasal septum perforation, nasal mucosa ulcer and pharyngitis and pneumonia and other diseases, patients will appear obvious cough and headache, as well as shortness of breath chest tightness symptoms.

Third: it will cause damage to the digestive system. If you are exposed to chromate for a long time at ordinary times, you may have stomach pain, gastritis, gastrointestinal ulcer and other diseases, accompanied by body aches and fatigue. The taste and smell of patients will slowly decline or even disappear.

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Finally, we want to say that compared with trivalent chromium, the toxicity of hexavalent chromium is particularly strong, about 100 times that of trivalent chromium, and the harm of hexavalent chromium and its compounds to human body is more direct in life, such as causing dermatitis, pharyngitis and other problems, in addition, it will damage the respiratory system, cause pneumonia, tracheitis and other diseases, if eaten by mistake, The symptoms of poisoning are more obvious.