![]() 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.
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