1. PREFACE
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In case you know the difference between “chronic cumulative mercury poisoning” and “acute mercury poisoning”, you can continue to point 2, otherwise continue to read this part.
Acute mercury poisoning (and/or acute poisoning from other heavy metals) can arise if, for example, you are exposed to heavy metals at your workplace (typically steel works, car body factories, agriculture, the medicines industry, nuclear power stations, etc.). Less traditionally, it may arise from some types of hobby such as the production of tin soldiers. Another possibility is if a nurse drops a tray with mercury thermometers on the floor and comes in contact with the mercury while cleaning.
Acute heavy metal poisoning can be diagnosed in a general blood or urine sample.
Chronic cumulative mercury poisoning (and/or accumulated poisoning from other heavy metals) arises when the patient is exposed to small quantities of heavy metal for a longer period of time, such as mercury from amalgam fillings (but also from coal-fired power plants, smelting plants, crematoria, volcanoes, vaccinations and the consumption of certain marine fish), that are deposited in our organs such as the liver, kidneys, heart and brain, etc.
Chronic mercury / heavy metal poisoning (toxicity) CANNOT be diagnosed in a general blood or urine sample. See also point 3 for details.
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