Bromine is the chemical element relating to nonmetals, in usual conditions representing liquid. Depending on concentration, bromine has various effect on a human body. It can be both medicine, and dangerous poison.
Bromine in an organism
The human body contains about 260 grams of bromine. This element has to arrive together with food as he participates in work of various bodies and their systems. Bromine has the main effect on a thyroid gland, together with iodine normalizing its work and I interfere with development of an endemic craw. Also bromine regulates work of nervous system, activating the membrane enzymes necessary for its functioning.
Bromine in medicine
In medicine drugs on the basis of bromine are widespread. These medicines, saltish on taste, have the calming effect on an organism and are applied as sleeping pill. As a rule, as medications water solutions of bromide of sodium or bromide of potassium are offered. They well influence nervous system, possessing sedative and anticonvulsant action. At the same time it is necessary to remember that in pharmacy you will not be able to buy pure bromine as it is poison and has no positive impact on an organism.
Bromine and potency
The popular belief that bromine affects male potency is enough, and it is added to food to the men doing military service, to the patients of psychiatric clinics or people serving sentence in prison. But there are no proofs to the fact that this element has an adverse effect on a men's libido. It is capable to cause drowsiness and to remove nervous excitement, at the same time affecting equally women and men, and without having any specific impact on intensity of sexual desire at men. Special influence on potency is only the myth which was very hardy.
Bromine as poison
In high concentrations bromine has the destroying effect on an organism. At overdose of bromosoderzhashchy medicines at the person the memory impairment and the general block develops, there is cold and cough. Poisoning with liquid bromine or its vapors constitutes serious danger. At the victim the dizziness, bleeding from a nose, irritation mucous, in more hard cases – spasms of airways and suffocation is observed. Bromine influences also lymph nodes, causing their increase in volume and hardening. At hit on skin bromine leads to an itch and irritation. If influence was long, then on skin the ulcers healing extremely slowly are formed.