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Acute mercury poisoning from occult ritual use
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?incu RC
; Cobilinschi C
; Ghiorghiu Z
; Macovei RA
Rom J Anaesth Intensive Care
2016[Apr]; 23
(1
): 73-76
PMID28913479
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Mercury exposure is a serious environmental issue that concerns people worldwide.
Industrial emissions containing mercury, some pharmaceutical and cosmetic
products represent exposure sources. In Romania, as in many other countries, a
supplementary cause for mercury exposure is represented by various occult rituals
where liquids containing mercury are supposed to be ingested. We present the case
of a 28 year old female who was admitted to the hospital for oral paresthesia,
nausea, vertigo and sialorrhoea, after ingesting 100 ml diluted liquid mercury
during an occult ritual. After the gastrointestinal decontamination, including
gastric lavage, activated charcoal and cathartics, the outcome was favourable and
48 hours after admission the patient was discharged. This case report emphasizes
the importance of an early digestive decontamination in mercury poisoning and the
danger of mercury ingestion during various occult rituals.
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