The child swallowed the mercury in the thermometer

It is not common in daily life for a child to swallow mercury from a thermometer. It will not only cause great harm to the child's physical health, but will also seriously affect their normal life and study. Therefore, it is particularly important to understand relevant knowledge and find scientific and effective treatment methods. When people find relevant symptoms, they need to seek medical treatment in time and choose appropriate treatment methods according to their actual situation.

1 During the early childhood period, due to their lively and active nature, strong curiosity about new things in the outside world, and poor personal protection awareness, their chances of being injured by the outside world are greatly increased. Among them, it is common for children to bite the mercury in thermometers that are improperly placed by their parents and then accidentally swallow it and inhale it into the digestive tract or respiratory tract. Mercury is a liquid silvery-white metal with a specific gravity of 13.534. It is easy to evaporate at room temperature. During production and use, it mainly enters the human body through the respiratory tract in the form of vapor. The gastrointestinal tract absorbs very little metallic mercury and generally does not cause poisoning.

2. After knowing the general characteristics of mercury, the problem of how to deal with mercury after accidental ingestion is solved. Clean up the residual mercury and glass fragments in the mouth of children in time. If a small amount of mercury is accidentally ingested (such as biting a mercury thermometer), no treatment is required. If a large amount is ingested, milk, egg white, etc. can be taken daily to protect the gastric mucosa. Take an X-ray of the abdomen to observe the position of mercury in the intestines, and use the method of changing the position and purging to promote the excretion of mercury. Consult with a professional poisoning prevention and treatment agency and conduct relevant examinations. If there is poisoning, it should be treated with mercury expelling.

3 If you take too much mercury orally, the following symptoms will appear: 1 Headache, insomnia, forgetfulness, dreaminess, anxiety, and sweating; 2 Muscle tremors first appear in the fingers, eyelids, tongue, and gradually spread to the whole body, which is more obvious when others pay attention to them; numbness of hands and feet, and weakness of limbs; 3 Oral mucosal ulcers, loose teeth, swollen gums, loss of appetite, bad breath, and in severe cases, a blue-black "mercury line" will appear on the gums; 4 Renal function declines, sexual function declines, increased nocturia, and general edema; 5 Causes hypertension, coronary heart disease, cerebral thrombosis, infertility, anemia, chronic bronchitis, etc.; 6 Affects the growth and development of adolescents and children, and common symptoms include anorexia, low immunity, repeated respiratory tract infections, and anemia.

4 So you should be alert to the above symptoms in your child, and you should take your child to the hospital for treatment immediately. For those who are poisoned by oral mercury, you should wash the stomach with sodium bicarbonate solution or warm water to induce vomiting as soon as possible, and then take milk, egg white or soy milk orally to absorb the poison. It should be noted that salt water should not be used, otherwise, there is a possibility of increasing mercury absorption.