Mercury Ingestion

Endoscopic management of massive mercury ingestion

RATIONALE Ingestion of a massive amount of metallic mercury was thought to be harmless until the last century. After that, in a number of cases, mercury ingestion has been associated with appendicitis, impaired liver function, memory deficits, aspiration leading to pneumonitis and acute renal failure. Treatment includes gastric lavage, giving laxatives and chelating agents, but rapid removal of...

Ingestion of Elemental Mercury Vapor Released from Amalgam Dental Fillings

Disintegration of mercury disc cells in simulated gastric juice: implications for management of disc cell ingestion.

The disintegration of charged alkaline mercury button cells in simulated gastric fluid over a 24 h period has been studied. The integrity of the cells and the amount of mercury that can leak out of them were assessed. The cells raised the pH of the incubating solutions. Disruption was seen in five out of 18 cells tested in 0.1 mol/L hydrochloric acid and one out of nine in 0.9% saline. Five of ...

Survey of Caustic Ingestion Symptoms in Children

Introduction: Complications of caustic ingestion swallowing in children of singe to gullet severe  stricture and andoscopic actions and multiple surgeries Is different that increase the risk of gastrointestinal perforation and gastrointestinal malignancies ..... Because Acid substances have  bad taste and these are tissue coalescence in location of contact thus attribute alkali make lose of ...

Mercury toxicity

Mercury is a metal found in elemental, organic, and inorganic forms in the nature. This substance is present in the composition of earth crust, soil, air, and even in some tissues of plants and sea animals. Each year nearly 3400 tons of mercury compounds are released in the environment, which 95% settle in the soil, 3% in the oceans, and 2% in the atmosphere. Different industrial products li...