10 Mercury Poisoning Symptoms
4. Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain is a non-specific symptom associated with many conditions. The location and characteristics of the pain can help to distinguish between different pathologies and it can be very useful information to the clinicians in order to provide an accurate diagnosis.
Mercury salts are another form that this mineral can cause harm to humans. Ingestion of mercury salts such as mercuric chloride causes this metal to accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract. Severe abdominal pain is the most common finding among patients with this kind of mercury intoxication but bloody diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting have also been described.
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