Preferred Label : acrodynia;

MeSH definition : A condition seen primarily in childhood, most often resulting from chronic exposure to MERCURY COMPOUNDS which may result in encephalopathy and POLYNEUROPATHY. Clinical features include pain, swelling and pinkish discoloration of the fingers and toes, weakness in the extremities, extreme irritability, HYPERESTHESIA, and alterations in level of consciousness. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p603);

MeSH synonym : chronic childhood mercurialism; erythema, acrodynic; feer's disease; swift disease; childhood mercurialisms, chronic; pink disease; swift's disease; feer disease; swifts disease; acrodynic erythema; chronic childhood mercurialisms; mercurialism, chronic childhood; childhood mercurialism, chronic; feers disease;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrodynia;

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A condition seen primarily in childhood, most often resulting from chronic exposure to MERCURY COMPOUNDS which may result in encephalopathy and POLYNEUROPATHY. Clinical features include pain, swelling and pinkish discoloration of the fingers and toes, weakness in the extremities, extreme irritability, HYPERESTHESIA, and alterations in level of consciousness. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p603)

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