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ACRODYNIA [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Human Diseases
CONT

Now a rare disease, acrodynia(painful extremities) primarily affects young children. The symptoms of irritability, photophobia, pink discoloration of the hands and feet, and polyneuritis can be attributed to chronic exposure to mercury.

OBS

acrodynia [is also called] erythredema polyneuropathy and Bilderbeck's, Selter's, Swift's, Swift-Feer, and pink disease.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Maladies humaines
CONT

Acrodynie : c'était un des signes d'intoxication mercurielle chez l'enfant. Il y avait un érythème et un oedème des mains, avec vasodilatation superficielle, contrastant avec une froideur des extrémités, en rapport avec une vasoconstriction profonde.

Spanish

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