What do I expect in the Operating Room? How the operating room is set up is different in each facility, but once you arrive in the operating room, you will notice that it is a very busy area. You will also notice that everyone is dressed the same way. Do not be alarmed!
However, organic mercury compounds are more readily absorbed via ingestion than inorganic mercury compounds. Symptoms of high exposures to inorganic mercury. Symptoms of high exposures to inorganic mercury include: 1  skin rashes and dermatitis; 2  mood swings; 3  memory loss; 4  mental disturbances; and.  muscle weakness.
Mercury in any form is poisonous, with mercury toxicity most commonly affecting the neurologic, gastrointestinal (GI) and renal organ systems. Poisoning can result from mercury vapor inhalation, mercury ingestion, mercury injection, and absorption of mercury through the skin. (See Etiology and Prognosis.) Mercury has 3 forms: (1) elemental mercury, (2) inorganic salts, and (3) organic compounds. Perhaps the most deadly form of mercury is methylmercury.