Patient's question:
Now she is two years and three months old. When the baby was one month old, the thermometer at home broke. On the third day, I noticed a small amount of mercury in the baby's nose. At that time, I didn't know whether it was possible to remove the mercury. Later, when the baby was almost one year old, she accidentally broke the thermometer while playing at home. Her grandmother was at home, but there was no solution. It has been like this until now. The baby is only a bit yellow in some of her hair (some of it is even white), but everything else is normal.Should I take the baby to check the mercury content in her body now? What methods should be used for a thorough check? What kind of assistance is needed: I would like to understand how to check the mercury content in the body. Could the baby's yellow hair be related to the mercury from a broken thermometer that fell into her nose when she was a child?
Doctor's answer:
The baby should not be suffering from mercury poisoning, as characteristic symptoms have not reappeared. If you're still not at ease, you can measure the urine and blood mercury levels. The yellow hair might be due to other reasons, such as how well the baby's nutrition is digested and how well their metabolic function is.Survival care: It is recommended that the baby visit a dermatologist to check the cause of the yellow hair. It is likely due to insufficient nutrient digestion, or it could be that the nutrients are digested but the intestinal metabolic function is poor.
Wishing the baby healthy growth!