What happens if your hand touches mercury

Updated on healthy 2024-08-08
5 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-15

    Wash your hands with soap immediately after your hands come into contact with mercury and remove any mercury remaining on your hands as soon as possible. Generally, when the contact with mercury is short, and the hands are not damaged, touching the mercury will not have obvious adverse effects, but it is still recommended to wash the hands in time to avoid the mercury residue on the **, resulting in ** damage, such as erythema, maculopapular rash, papules, etc. In addition, contact dermatitis and even mercury poisoning may occur with long-term use or exposure to large doses of mercury in a short period of time, and it is recommended to go to the hospital in time even if there are no obvious symptoms of discomfort in a short period of time.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-14

    Wipe it clean with a rag first, wash it with iodine wine, and finally rinse it with water Mercury is commonly known as mercury, which is a silvery-white liquid at room temperature, and mercury and most of its compounds are toxic.

    In our daily lives, there are quite a few items related to mercury. For example, mercury is found in all types of fluorescent lamps; Electronics such as computer monitors also contain a quantitative amount of mercury ......

    Experts point out that mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature, and once the products containing it are broken, the mercury will evaporate. Moreover, it has particularly good adsorption. Mercury vapor is easily absorbed by walls and clothing.

    attached, becoming a source of constant air pollution. Although inhaling a small amount of people will not cause much harm to the body, long-term inhalation of large amounts of people will cause mercury poisoning. There are two types of mercury poisoning: acute and chronic

    Acute poisoning has symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, and hematuria; Chronic poisoning is mainly manifested by oral inflammation, muscle tremors and mental disorders.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-13

    What happens when you encounter mercury? We often say that mercury is mercury in chemistry, mercury is highly toxic, generally we use mercury in our daily life is our thermometer, mercury toxicity is so high, so what will happen to mercury?

    Consequences of touching mercury

    After touching mercury, if someone is allergic to its ingredients, it will cause redness, swelling, burning, stinging, and even slow appearance of erythema, pimples, itching and other symptoms. However, occasional contact with mercury will not have a very serious effect, as long as the surface is wiped in time, mercury will not penetrate into the inside.

    Mercury poisoning generally does not rely on the penetration of liquids, but on mercury vapor into the human body, which causes ulceration and even mercury poisoning. After mercury vapor enters the human body, it enters the human blood through the alveolar membrane, which will cause chronic mercury poisoning, and the common symptoms are: chest tightness, insomnia, forgetfulness, dizziness and headache.

    In ordinary life, it is difficult for ordinary people to come into contact with mercury, if you accidentally break the mercury thermometer and come into contact with mercury, you should immediately wipe your hands with a clean towel, and open the window for ventilation to ensure indoor air circulation. If conditions permit, some sulfur powder can be sprinkled on mercury to convert mercury into solid mercury sulfur.

    What happens when a person touches mercury

    It can be poisoned and may cause death. Poisoning can quickly occur in an environment where mercury is concentrated.

    Mercury (mercury) is highly toxic, and milligrams can kill people.

    Mercury, the common name for mercury, the element symbol Hg, is the only metal that exists in a liquid state at room temperature and pressure.

    Mercury can evaporate at room temperature, and mercury vapor and mercury compounds are highly toxic.

    Small amounts of liquid mercury are generally non-toxic when ingested (it has been reported to form organic compounds in living organisms), but mercury vapor and mercury salts (with the exception of some very soluble mercury sulfide such as mercury sulfide) are highly toxic and can cause brain and liver damage when ingested, inhaled, or exposed.

    Mercury can accumulate in living organisms and is easily absorbed by the respiratory and digestive tracts.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    If the hand touches the mercury, if there is no break in the hand, it is not a big problem.

    But if there is a breach, you must go to the hospital in time to deal with it. Otherwise, mercury poisoning will occur due to the absorption of mercury by the hands** and entering the blood circulation.

    If your hands are exposed to mercury in large quantities, you need to go outdoors immediately to dry the mercury on your hands by air to let it evaporate as much as possible. Then go to the hospital as soon as possible to wipe with alcohol and then wipe with iodophor several times. If there is a wound on the hand, you also need to clean the wound with hydrogen peroxide, and then dry it naturally.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    No.

    Mercury is a heavy metal and is generally difficult to stick to your hands. After washing with water, there will be no residual mercury on the hands, and there will be no secondary pollution when it comes into contact with other items. When mercury enters the body, it can cause heavy metal deposits and cause poisoning.

    The hand touches the mercury and is generally very small, and after washing with water, there will be no residue on the hand.

    The hunger of mercury is greater than that of water, and it can be removed by proper washing, and it will not remain, as long as there is no room friend directly entering the human body, it is not a big problem. If you find that your hand has touched the mercury after a while, then after rinsing it off, you should immediately go to the hospital to check it out to see if there is any problem, and you should treat the symptoms so as not to cause harm to the body.

    Mercury is volatile, if it has been sprinkled on the ground, then it will pollute this kind of air, open the window immediately to ventilate, if it is sprinkled on clothes, hang the clothes outside and let it evaporate immediately. In short, if mercury touches your hands, you should treat it promptly, and if not, go to the doctor immediately after rinsing.

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