hi, I am seven weeks pregnant. I broke a mercurial thermometer this morning when testing my basic body temp. The broken mercurial thermometer was in my mouth. Unfortunately, I had a small dental ulcer. I do not think I swallow any of them, as I washed my mouth with about 1 litre of water and had a liter of milk afterwards. I cleaned the spilled mercury by my bare hands, although I was very careful not to touch them. I did not ware masks during the time I made the cleaning, and the window was closed. I am worrying if this gonna do any bad to my baby. Thanks Doctor!
One of the most common forms if elemental mercury poisoning is by thermometer breakage. Is found in liquid form and easily vaporizes at room temperature and well absorbed through inhalation.It's a lipid soluble compound, hence after inhalation from the lungs it is easily absorbed in to blood stream. But once it is absorbed in to blood it is usually converted in to inorganic form which gets excreted in feces. Only prob is when it is in vapor form where it may causePulmonary complications of wide range CNS toxicityLocal paresthesia n stomatitisBabies exposed in uteri are most severely affected of wide range. This is just in brief. So as mercury is very dangerous when absorbed and moreover I don't know what's the status of URS regarding absorption. Please consult immediately.