Symptoms of lead and mercury poisoning

In our daily life, the incidence of lead and mercury poisoning has increased as the pollution of our drinking water has become increasingly serious. Therefore, in our lives, when we drink tap water, we should know the lead and mercury content in the water to avoid lead and mercury poisoning. The main symptoms of lead and mercury poisoning are nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite in the patient's digestive system.

Lead and mercury poisoning is a common poisoning phenomenon in life. For this symptom, everyone should know its symptoms so that they can detect the occurrence of lead and mercury poisoning in time and treat it in time.

Lead poisoning seeping into the skin can cause skin aging, acne, pigmentation, grayish and lifeless skin, and increased wrinkles. This is because lead poisoning is deposited in the blood, lymph and other tissues under the skin, causing poor blood circulation, which leads to increased acne and pigmentation, dry, yellow and loose skin, early menopause, accelerated aging, and skin metabolism slows down, which reduces the skin's ability to excrete melanin normally, and its own detoxification immunity decreases accordingly, ultimately making skin pollution increasingly serious.

Clinical manifestations of lead and mercury poisoning

1. Digestive system symptoms include nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, metallic taste in the mouth, drooling, abdominal distension, constipation, blood in the stool, abdominal colic and preference for pressure, as well as hepatomegaly, jaundice and decreased liver function.

2. Nervous system manifestations include headache, dizziness, restlessness, insomnia, drowsiness, irritability, and in severe cases, delirium, convulsions, seizures, coma, and even cerebral edema and peripheral neuritis.

3. The blood system shows symptoms of anemia such as pale complexion, palpitations, and shortness of breath.

4. Urinary system symptoms include low back pain, edema, proteinuria, hematuria, and tubular urine. In severe cases, renal failure may also occur.

The reason why mercury can whiten your skin in a short period of time is that mercury ions replace the anions of tyrosinase, making the enzyme inactive and melanin temporarily unable to be produced, thus achieving the effect of rapid whitening and freckle removal. However, long-term use will have the opposite effect, because after mercury ions combine with sulfur groups, they can release the inhibition of tyrosinase and cause a rapid increase in melanin.

Based on the article’s introduction to the symptoms of lead and mercury poisoning, I believe everyone should now know what its symptoms are. If you know the symptoms of lead and mercury poisoning, you will be able to treat this disease in time in your life. And you should know how to treat it and try not to eat foods that are too high in protein.