Mercury poisoning

Introduction: Mercury poisoning

Mercury poisoning: A type of heavy metal poisoning caused by excessive exposure to mercury. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Mercury poisoning is available below.

Symptoms of Mercury poisoning

• Tremor
• Psychiatric disturbance
• Painful extremities
• Gingivitis
• Stomatitis

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Medical Textbooks Online about Mercury poisoning

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Causes of Mercury poisoning

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Reseach about Mercury poisoning

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Clinical Trials for Mercury poisoning

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Mercury poisoning include:

• Environmental Contaminants and Infant Development - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)

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Medical Guidebooks and Ebooks for Mercury poisoning

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Definitions of Mercury poisoning:

A silver metallic element that exists as a liquid at room temperature. It has the atomic symbol Hg (from hydrargyrum, liquid silver), atomic number 80, and atomic weight 200.59. Mercury is used in many industrial applications and its salts have been employed therapeutically as purgatives, antisyphilitics, disinfectants, and astringents. It can be absorbed through the skin and mucous membranes which leads to MERCURY POISONING. Because of its toxicity, the clinical use of mercury and mercurials is diminishing. - (Source - Diseases Database)

A toxic condition caused by ingesting or inhaling mercury; acute mercury poisoning causes a metallic taste and vomiting and diarrhea and kidney problems that may lead to death - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Mercury poisoning is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Mercury poisoning, or a subtype of Mercury poisoning, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)