Mercury poisoning

Ozuah, Philip O.

doi:10.1067/mps.2000.104054

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“…However, given the reduced gastrointestinal Hg° absorption, a severe toxic effect is debatable. Reports have shown that elemental mercury has been ingested in large quantities without obvious toxic manifestations [2]. An increased gastrointestinal permeability and absorption probably did not occur in our case.…”

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“…Mercury exposure is a serious environmental issue that concerns people around the world [1,2]. Some pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, in addition to some old medical instruments represent supplementary exposure sources.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, in addition to some old medical instruments represent supplementary exposure sources. A significant exposure to organic mercury (methyl mercury) comes from eating fish [2,3].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…All of the three existing forms of mercury (elemental mercury, inorganic mercury salts and organic forms, primarily methyl mercury) have proved to be toxic, having different target-organs [2,4,5].…”

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Acute mercury poisoning from occult ritual use

Tincu

Cobilinschi

Ghiorghiu

et al. 2016

Rom J Anaesth Int Care

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Mercury exposure is a serious environmental issue that concerns people worldwide. Industrial emissions containing mercury, some pharmaceutical and cosmetic products represent exposure sources. In Romania, as in many other countries, a supplementary cause for mercury exposure is represented by various occult rituals where liquids containing mercury are supposed to be ingested. We present the case of a 28 year old female who was admitted to the hospital for oral paresthesia, nausea, vertigo and sialorrhoea, after ingesting 100 ml diluted liquid mercury during an occult ritual. After the gastrointestinal decontamination, including gastric lavage, activated charcoal and cathartics, the outcome was favourable and 48 hours after admission the patient was discharged. This case report emphasizes the importance of an early digestive decontamination in mercury poisoning and the danger of mercury ingestion during various occult rituals.

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Ghiorghiu

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Rom J Anaesth Int Care

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“…Intake of mercury causes violent corrosive effects on skin and mucous membranes, severe nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, bloody diarrohea, kidney damage, inflammation of mouth and gums, swelling of salivary glands, excessive flow of saliva, loosening of teeth, depression, irritability, nervousness, dementia, loss of motor coordination, emotional instability, reproductive failure, dysentery, excessive perspiration, insomnia, sense of constriction, etc 4 . Vitamins E, Vitamin C, α-Lipoic acid, Co Q10, Astaxanthin are some antioxidants.…”

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Nanomaterials for electrochemical detection of pollutants in water: A review

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The survival of living beings, including humanity, depends on a continuous supply of clean water. However, due to the development of industry, agriculture, and population growth, an increasing number of wastewaters is discarded, and the negative effects of such actions are clear. The first step in solving this situation is the collection and monitoring of pollutants in water bodies to subsequently facilitate their treatment. Nonetheless, traditional sensing techniques are typically laboratory‐based, leading to potential diminishment in analysis quality. In this paper, the most recent developments in micro‐ and nano‐electrochemical devices for pollutant detection in wastewater are reviewed. The devices reviewed are based on a variety of electrodes and the sensing of three different categories of pollutants: nutrients and phenolic compounds, heavy metals, and organic matter. From these electrodes, Cu, Co, and Bi showed promise as versatile materials to detect a grand variety of contaminants. Also, the most commonly used material is glassy carbon, present in the detection of all reviewed analytes.

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Mercury poisoning

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Acute mercury poisoning from occult ritual use

Acute mercury poisoning from occult ritual use

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Nanomaterials for electrochemical detection of pollutants in water: A review

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