| While pregnant, a woman will always want to remain | | | | it lives, signs of mercury poisoning include nervous |
| healthy in order to keep her unborn baby in good | | | | system problems, mental retardation, developmental |
| health as well. She might exercise; eat foods that are | | | | and learning disabilities, as well as hearing impairment. |
| not at risk for carrying harmful bacteria, viruses, and | | | | Fish are sources of mercury as well as their beneficial |
| parasites; stay away from kitty litter; and medicines like | | | | omega-3 fatty acids. A pregnant woman can also |
| Accutane. However, in her quest to eat healthily, she | | | | take in mercury by breathing air that has remnants of |
| might turn towards fish as a good, lean source of | | | | burned waste, coal, and certain other industrial |
| protein. But what about mercury poisoning? | | | | processes that involve mercury. The breakdown of |
| Mercury is an element sometimes called quicksilver | | | | dental fillings, thermometers, and some light bulbs may |
| that is the only metal that remains in a liquid state at | | | | expose a soon-to-be mother to mercury. |
| the standard conditions for pressure and temperature. | | | | Staying away from polluted areas and broken |
| Therefore, it is a very useful substance, and something | | | | mercury-containing implements can help a pregnant |
| you probably have come into contact with regularly. | | | | woman from subjecting herself and her baby to |
| Non-digital thermometers utilize mercury to take a | | | | mercury poisoning. Additionally, there are some fish |
| person's temperature. | | | | that have lower levels of mercury so that a |
| Because it is now known to cause health issues, most | | | | soon-to-be-mom can still gain nutrients from fish |
| things no longer contain mercury unless absolutely | | | | without putting herself or her baby at risk. |
| necessary. Although mercury was once used to treat | | | | Low-mercury fish include salmon, catfish, and flounder. |
| things like syphilis and diaper rash, as well as used in | | | | Dangerous, high-mercury fish are species such as |
| teeth fillings, most companies are phasing out the use | | | | grouper, orange roughy, and swordfish. |
| of mercury. However, some Chinese, Ayurvedic, and | | | | Of course, it is impossible to predict and prevent |
| Tibetan traditional medicines still use mercury as an | | | | everything that can go wrong during a pregnancy. |
| ingredient. | | | | However, if you feel that your doctor did not fully |
| For normal, healthy people, exposure to mercury can | | | | inform you of the risks of mercury, resulting in a birth |
| cause problems with the nervous system, lungs, | | | | defect to your new baby, this may count as medical |
| kidneys, vision, and hearing. As harmful as mercury can | | | | malpractice. For more information on mercury |
| be for adults, it is even more harmful to children, and | | | | poisoning in fetuses as well as other birth injury topics, |
| especially fetuses. If a pregnant mother suffers from | | | | check out the website of the Philadelphia birth injury |
| mercury poisoning while pregnant, her baby may die. If | | | | specialist law firm Lowenthal & Abrams, PC. |