The thermometer is broken, is it poisonous?
First, to maintain ventilation, to avoid the sun, volatile mercury in the airSecond, in the place where there is a drop of mercury powderThird, avoid skin contact, especially the surface of the wound skinThe contents of the thermometer is low, not oral, there will be no danger
Mercury enters the human digestive tract and does not cause mercury poisoning. So the correct approach is to observe the follow-up, usually a few days Mercury will be discharged from the digestive tract, do not feel at ease to do a flat stomach, to observe the specific location of mercury in the abdomen. But it should be noted that, if the skin is damaged, or inhaled a large number of metal mercury vapor, or will cause mercury poisoning, need to deal with as soon as possible.
The thermometer is broken or bite after the first to examine whether there is damage to skin and mucous membrane. If there is no damage, there will be no harm, so the contact also do not have special treatment. On the skin of the injured, such as mercury into the subcutaneous need timely treatment, the surgeon must be clear. Such as mercury into the digestive tract, generally do not need special treatment. So mistakenly swallowed that little bit of mercury emetic stomach lavage is also not wash out.
In the face of eating thermometer mercury in the case, the treatment is generally followed up. Thermometer is the basic element of inorganic mercury, its chemical properties are not active, and gastric acid will not react, mainly in the form of steam into the body through the respiratory tract, the skin does not absorb the whole, little absorption of the digestive tract
Domestic thermometers are generally used to replace mercury with alcohol, but in People's Republic of China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions) thermometer is still using mercury. China plans to phase out the use of mercury thermometers by 2015. Liquid trace mercury ingestion is generally non-toxic, but mercury and mercury salts (except for some very small solubility as HGS) are highly toxic, oral, inhalation or contact can cause brain and liver damage.
