My wife dropped on the a utility hallway floor and broke. Fortunately, it was the only one in the house when we bought the place.
She’s probably fine.
The first time, a CFL in the bathroom blew out and showered its guts into a clean basket of laundry.
Like an idiot, I simply washed it all again and dried it, sending the mercury all through the upstairs of the house and embedding it in every item of clothing.
Then, 3 more broke within a short time.
My symptoms were heat intolerance and neurological problems.
[visual disturbances, incoordination, dizziness, tremors, etc]
The “treatment” was to avoid any more exposure.
They have chemicals which ‘drive’ mercury out of your system but it’s usually more agonizing than simply waiting for it leave on its own.
However, it never totally leaves and you’ll always be more susceptible to being ‘poisoned’ again.
Which why I wound up with it the second time after only 2 bulbs breaking.
Right after my blood reached ‘acceptable levels’ a couple months ago, just like clockwork, another CFL blew out in the light above my sofa.
This time, the light didn’t break...the glass at the bottom of the bulb literally *melted* apart from its base.
I only noticed it when the light went out and I put in a new bulb.
It was black and had really scary looking ‘blisters’ all over the glass.
I hate the damn things.
But hey, it’s all for the good of Gaia and the children, right?