Hmm, I have just looked up exposure to mercury vapor (inhalation/acute) and here is what it said:
"Health affects and first aid
Inhalation: Acute: Inhalation of a high concentration of mercury vapor can cause almost immediate dyspnea, cough, fever, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, stomatitis, salivation, metallic taste, gingivitis, and cardiac abnormalities. Respiratory irritation may occur with chest pain and tightness. Symptoms may re solve or may progress to necrotizing bronchiolitis, pneumonitis, pulmonary edema, pneumothorax, interstitial fibrosis, and death. Acidosis and renal damage may also occur. Allergic reactions that may occur in previously exposed persons include dermatitis, encephalitis, and death. Metal fume fever, an influenza-like illness, may occur due to the inhalation of freshly formed metal oxide particles sized below 1.5 microns and usually between 0.02-0.05 microns. Symptoms may be delayed 4-12 hours and begin with a sudden onset of thirst, and a sweet, metallic or foul taste in the mouth. Other symptoms may include upper respiratory tract irritation accompanied by coughing and a dryness of the mucous membranes, lassitude and a generalized feeling of malaise. Fever, chills, muscular pain, mild to severe headache, nausea, occasional vomiting, exaggerated mental activity, profuse sweating, excessive urination, diarrhea and prostration may also occur. Tolerance to fumes develops rapidly, but is quickly lost. All symptoms usually subside within 24-36 hours"
Ok, all i can say is, I have experienced many of those symptoms - excessive thirst, tightness in chest with severe asthma attacks, foul taste in my mouth, pain in my stomach, a feeling of being in a drug like stupor, very nervous, everything has gotten so much worse. Yet that article said that the symptoms should subside in 24/36 hours! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shiftyeyes.gif" alt="" /> So what is going on here? I know that some people handle mercury better than others, but this is ridiculous. It's been nearly 2 months since my visit.
I am being extremely good on my diet to no avail, I am doing a parasite cleanse which is so far not producing any effects on me (good or bad), but I am definitely going to see the course out. I honestly feel that I'm going to need to chelate and what scares me is, I have another appointment to get the other side of my mouth done on the 18th (composites replaced with cerec, I do not have amalgam)....
The reason I want to do this is, getting it OVER WITH, so I can't start the new year and know that I do not have to get to a dentist again for a long time. But I fear the second big dose of exposure at the sametime. I just want this gone. I can never go back and even get a clean done. One visit is devastating.
