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A welding rod injury can occur with hazardous exposure to fumes from heavy metals, toxic gases, UV exposure and radiation. The most serious type of welding rod injury is associated with high levels and prolonged exposure to manganese. At low levels of exposure manganese is not harmful to humans- it is a trace element necessary to general health. Government experts (OSHA) have set workplace exposure limits to manganese at 5 milligrams per cubic meter during a typical 40 hour work week. Levels beyond this become toxic to the body, with the potential to cause brain damage, liver and kidney damage, damage to the central nervous system, respiratory problems, and sexual dysfunction.
Welding rod fumes contain manganese. The dust from these fumes can be inhaled, become lodged in the lungs, and potentially enter the bloodstream causing serious welding rod injuries. Exposure to manganese in high quantities has been proven to cause disturbances in motor coordination, mental and psychological damage, as well as damage to internal organs and the central nervous system. This welding rod injury is known as manganism. Manganism is also known as Parkinson''s Syndrome because its symptoms are very similar to Parkinson''s disease, a debilitating and incurable disease affecting the central nervous system and the important production of the neurotransmitter Dopamine.
The symptoms of this welding rod injury- known as Parkinsonism- include tremors affecting various parts of the upper body, reduction of facial expression, rigidity, difficulty in locomotion (including walking), difficulty swallowing, and difficulty with speech.
Research has found striking similarities between this welding rod injury, Parkinsonism, and the debilitating Parkinson''s disease for which there is no cure. One of the most statistically important differences between patients who have been exposed to a potential welding rod injury and those who have not is that the group exposed to welding rod fumes (manganese) develop the disease an average of fifteen years earlier than those with no exposure.
Doctors and other professionals are still investigating the exact link between exposure to these toxic welding gases and the onset of the serious welding rod injury Parkinson''s Syndrome, though there is good evidence that high exposure to manganese is responsible for this serious, and potentially deadly, welding rod injury.
To find out if you have been exposed to dangerously high levels of manganese there are medical tests, including the MRI, which can measure levels of this element in the body.
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