0463 Occupational intoxication by mercury and neurotoxicity: professional disease

IntroductionMercury is a heavy metal found naturally in the environment. Mercury poisoning of occupational origin is widely identified as occupational disease. The industries where cases have been described are those dedicated to the manufacture of thermometers, barometers, as well as in gold mines and metal refineries such as zinc.MethodologyThe case of a 30-year-old male, a boilermaker (welder assembler) who is part of one of the teams responsible for replacing the carbon steel tubes of the exchanger through which sulphurous gases circulate with mercury remains is described. The initial symptoms were diarrhoea with mucus and blood and gum inflammation, initially presenting a blood mercury concentration of 475.9mcg/L (NV=