Highly toxic metal – mercury (Hg) belongs to hazard class substances I in accordance with GOST 17.4.1.02-83 and is the strongest poison. If the mercury droplet which got to pile of carpets is indoors poured, the probability of poisoning is very high as temperature of melting of this metal low and toxic fumes get to an organism through airways.
Instruction
1. In the nature in a natural look mercury meets very seldom therefore the main ways on which there can be poisoning is household or food. Most often poisoning with vapors of mercury occurs in the household way when its droplets, having scattered from the broken thermometer, get on a fleecy furniture upholstery or carpets. Together with food, mercury salts – organic compounds with hydrocarbon can get to an organism. It is possible to get poisoned, eating the polluted sea fish, her some grades.
2. Feature of vapors and salts of mercury is the legkousvayevayemost - they are almost completely soaked up by intestines and carried on all organism together with blood. The top integuments are also not an obstacle – mercury easily gets through them and also through a platsentny barrier to the fruit which is in mother's womb. Degree of poisoning is defined by concentration of this substance in an organism and time of impact of its connections for internals: kidneys, heart, brain.
3. At food poisoning it is easy to diagnose mercury connections on symptoms: pallor and a bluish shade of face skin, short wind, burning and metal smack in a mouth, tension and painful feelings at breath, cough, the increased salivation. Sharp poisoning is characterized high temperature, vomiting, diarrhea, tachycardia and the increased perspiration. If timely medical care is not provided to the patient, all this can end with a lethal outcome.
4. Also the chronic form of poisoning at which accumulation of salts of mercury in an organism happens gradually, through airways is not less dangerous. In the course of accumulation also lungs, kidneys, nervous system are surprised. The first symptoms are shown as the fatigue, lack of appetite, the general weakness which are followed by emotional instability, depression, lack of concentration of attention and headaches. Such symptoms are typical for many citizens leading a sedentary life and who are seldom getting out to the nature, they remind symptoms of chronic fatigue for which usually and write off poisoning with mercury vapors. At the subsequent stages, in process of increase in concentration of this metal, at the person hair begin to drop out, and teeth are loosened because gums become friable. It observes sharp decrease in visual acuity and hearing, the speech is violated, "the mercury tremor" begins - fingers of hands, legs, and then and all body small shiver. The deplorable end is inevitable if the diagnosis is not made and treatment is not begun.