Mercury also accumulates throughout the body in muscles and joints causing the muscle tenderness and pain familiar to fibromyalgia sufferers and the joint pain, stiffness and swelling of rheumatoid arthritis. Mercury from dental amalgam fillings is also recognised to severely impact kidney function such that animal studies have shown a 50% reduction within a month of placement of the first amalgam filling.Įffects of mercury on the urinary system include:įrequent nocturnal urination (2-3 times a night or more)Ī variety of kidney and bladder diseases. Low sperm count, defective sperm and sperm with poor motility

In men, mercury accumulates in the reproductive organs and particularly the testes causing: In women, the effects of mercury on reproductive function include: The symptoms of mercury toxicity in both sexes include: It is known to directly cross the placental barrier in pregnant women and also to concentrate in breast milk and mercury levels in newborn babies have been shown to be directly related to the number of amalgam fillings in the mother's mouth. Mercury is also recognised to collect in the reproductive organs in both men and women where it can cause a variety of disorders including infertility. Ticks and twitches (especially of the face and eyes) The profound disruption of nerve structure and function leads to difficulty with motor nerve function including:ĭifficulty doing fine tasks such as typing or adding numbers on a calculator The ability of mercury to induce 'mercury madness' is well recognised and symptoms include: Mercury is also known to have profound effects upon mood including: The effects of mercury on cognitive function include: Mercury can produce a host of mental, emotional, and behavioural changes and what are considered 'psychiatric' disorders by disrupting neurotransmitters, interfering with endocrine gland function and hormones and causing destruction of nervous pathways. Whilst mercury is highly detrimental on its own, its destructive power can be increased 100 fold by exposure to other toxic metals such as aluminium, lead or cadmium. The levels of mercury in the brain have been shown to be directly related to the number of amalgam fillings in the mouth. Mercury from amalgam easily crosses the blood-brain barrier and can damage any part of the central nervous system including the master endocrine glands at the base of the brain which control both the nervous and endocrine systems. It prevents nerves regenerating by disrupting the protein tubulin, disrupts nerve function and also attacks the insulating myelin sheaths surrounding some nerves. From there it slowly tracks up the nerves into the central nervous system, in what is known as retrograde axonal transport. When distributed around the body in the circulation it is absorbed into the nerve endings that regulate all the functions of the body (the autonomic nervous system).

Mercury is both highly neurophilic (which means that it binds tightly to nerves) and highly lipophilic (which means that it binds tightly to fats). The presence of mercury in the lungs causes chronic breathing disorders including: From here it travels to all the other tissues and organs of the body in the circulation, but particularly concentrates within the kidney, liver and brain. Up to 80% of inhaled mercury vapour is absorbed through the lungs.

Mercury poison symptoms