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Symptoms don’t occur immediately and usually arise after long periods of contact (could be years or decades) with the compound. Organic mercury causes symptoms if you inhale it (breathe it in) or touch it.

Burning sensation in your stomach and/or throat.

Symptoms of inorganic mercury poisoning include: When the chemical enters your body, it travels through your bloodstream and attacks your brain and kidneys. Inorganic mercury is poisonous when swallowed. Symptoms of elemental mercury poisoning occur immediately after inhaling the chemical and include: Often, elemental mercury becomes airborne if someone is trying to clean up a mercury spill with a vacuum. Elemental mercury is extremely dangerous if you breathe it in and it gets into your lungs.

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Elemental mercury poisoning symptomsĮlemental mercury is usually harmless if you touch or swallow it because its slippery texture won’t absorb into your skin or intestines. Symptoms of mercury poisoning are different for each type of mercury and range in severity from person to person. What are the signs and symptoms of mercury poisoning? Your body knows that mercury is not supposed to be there, so you’ll experience symptoms, caused by your immune system trying to get the compound out in the same way it would attack bacteria or germs. Once inside your body, mercury travels to your heart, central nervous system and kidneys. Your body will negatively react if you eat, touch or inhale mercury. How does mercury poisoning affect my body? Mercury poisoning is rare in the United States but can be more common in other countries, especially among mining communities or near seaside towns where food could become contaminated with mercury. The most severe cases of mercury poisoning affect children and fetuses of pregnant people and people who breastfeed (chestfeed) and consume large amounts of fish with high mercury content. Mercury poisoning can affect anyone who comes into contact with or consumes mercury. Organic mercury: You’ll find organic mercury in coal fumes, fish that ate methylmercury (a form of organic mercury) and older antiseptics (germ killers like red mercurochrome).Inorganic mercury: You’ll find inorganic mercury in batteries, certain types of disinfectants and in chemistry labs.Elemental mercury (liquid mercury, quicksilver): You’ll find elemental mercury in glass thermometers, electrical switches, fluorescent lightbulbs and dental fillings.There are three different types of mercury that are harmful to the human body including: Mercury poisoning occurs when you expose yourself to too much mercury and your body reacts negatively to the compound. Mercury is toxic and harmful to the human body. For this reason, you’ll find mercury in thermometers, street lights and fluorescent lightbulbs. This means that the compound allows electricity and heat to flow through it. Mercury has several uses because it’s a conductor. Mercury is unique because it’s classified as a metal and comes in both liquid and solid forms depending on the temperature. It has a shiny silver appearance, which gives it the nickname “liquid silver.” Mercury is an element on the periodic table with the symbol Hg and the atomic number 80.

Mercury is a compound found in rocks in the Earth’s crust.

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