Methylmercury poisoning

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Alternative Names

Minamata Bay disease; Basra poison grain poisoning


Symptoms
  • Blindness
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Deafness
  • Growth problems
  • Mental retardation
  • Microcephaly (small head)

Signs and tests

Tests will vary depending on the symptoms that occur.



Review Date: 01/14/2010
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)