Mercury Poisoning Symptoms

Mercury is odorless, colorless, and tasteless, unless under a black light, then the vapors can be seen rising from the tooth like it was a cigarette. Mercury is a natural and very poisonous substance, its chemical symbol is Hg, and the commonly found and used chemical of Mercury is Mercuric Sulfide Hgs. It is a refined form of Cinnabar. It is used in many different forms in our society. It is used in paint, Batteries, and many other industrial and household uses including the well known use in thermometers. It is also used as 50% of the contents of amalgam dental fillings.

Mercury poisoning symptoms are systemic. This means that it doesn’t just affect one part of the body, but it affects every system in the body. In addition to this, mercury poisoning inhibits the immune system and therefore the patient will have other diseases as well.

Mercury Poisoning
Mercury poisoning is the result of too much exposure to the poison mercury. Mercury is destructive to the immune system and causes many unrelated diseases. This can delay treatment, because both doctor and patient are attempting to cure other diseases and not the original cause.

Causes of Mercury Poisoning
Mercury poisoning can be caused by any number of methods of exposure. Amalgam dental fillings are a main cause, other causes are eating fish that have been exposed to mercury in the environment, industrial and work place exposures such as those in the paint industry, even in the hospital (and home) setting poses a potential threat to mercury poisoning because of the mercury in thermometers, dropping or somehow breaking a single thermometer is a very hazardous situation even without touching the mercury because of the vapors produced by the mercury.

Some other sources of mercury are cosmetics. There have been several cases of mercury poisoning in the south western states by a company that sold a beauty cream with "calomel" listed as an ingredient. Calomel is mercurous chloride (HgCl2). This product had mercury levels around 10%.

In Germany, there were cases of mercury poisoning through the use of over the counter hair bleaching products that had no warning label concerning the contents. The results were the
Classic signs of mercury poisoning - loss of hair and discolored fingernails.

Symptoms of mercury poisoning in humans

1. Psychological disturbances
Angry fits, short term memory loss, low self esteem, inability to sleep, loss of self-control, sleepiness. Loss of an ability to learn new things, doing things by rote.

2. Oral Cavity problems
Inflammation of the mouth, loss of bone around teeth, ulcerated gums and other areas in the mouth, loose teeth, darkening of gums, taste of metal, bleeding of gums.

3. Digestive tract problems
Cramps, inflamed colon, GI problems, Diarrhea and other digestive problems.

4. Cardiovascular problems
Weak pulse, blood pressure changes, chest pain, or feeling of pressure in the chest area.

5. Respiratory problems
Weakness and problems with breathing, Emphysema, Coughing persistently.

6 Neurological Problems
Headaches, vertigo, tinnitus, shaking in various areas of the body (eye lids, feet etc)

Symptoms in children
Mercury poisoning in Children is a cause of many symptoms of developmental disorders including Autism, Asperger’s, PDD-NOS, ADD.

Common neurological symptoms that occur in children are: decreased eye contact, flat affect, repeating certain actions over and over again, not responding to their name, not looking at an object that is being pointed at by another, poor concentration or attention, sensitivity to sensory stimulation. Common language or speech symptoms of mercury poisoning: loss of speech, delayed speech decreased understanding and articulating words, remembering certain words. Also common are social problems such as withdrawal, being irritated, aggressive behavior, night terrors and other sleep problems, mood swings. In addition other symptoms include auto-immune disorders such as multiple sclerosis, juvenile diabetes, asthma, chromic ear infections, and decreased immunity.

Of course, it must be recognized that mercury is not the cause for all of the disorders in this paper. It can be said that mercury is the original trigger and can set off all of these disorders and disorders. Therefore, if these symptoms are present then it is logical to check for the presence of mercury poisoning.

There is much information on the internet concerning mercury poisoning (information about cases of amalgam dental filling poisoning, reports of activists in the US) There are several more concerning amalgam dental fillings which seems to me to be a very preventable cause of mercury poisoning that has been going on in the US for almost 200 years.

Before you do some research on mercury poisoning, you would be somewhat skeptical concerning the reality of mercury poisoning. But once you finish your research, I am sure that this is something that everyone needs to be warned about. The effects are startling and something needs to be done as soon as possible. There are many people’s lives that are being ruined unnecessarily and many others that are tragically ended because of mercury poisoning.