A client has developed memory problems, difficulty hearing, and tremors. Which food should the nurse consider as possibly causing these symptoms?
a. Fish
b. Raw vegetables
c. Unpasteurized milk
d. Improperly cooked poultry
a. Fish
Ingesting foods that are contaminated with methylmercury can result in these types of neurological problems. When mercury is dumped into water sources, it turns into methylmercury and sinks to the bottom. Plants and small animals that dwell at the bottom of the water source will become contaminated. Fish eat these plants and small animals. Humans eat the contaminated fish and can develop neurological problems, kidney damage, brain damage, and possibly cancer. Raw vegetables, unpasteurized milk, and improperly cooked poultry are not likely sources of methylmercury.
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