Infantile mercury poisoning

Infantile mercury poisoning is a rare intoxication affecting children, most commonly characterized by erythema of the hands, feet and nose, edematous, painful, pink to red, desquamating fingers and toes, bluish, cold and wet extremities, excessive sweating, irritability, photophobia, muscle weakness, diffuse hypotonia, paresthesia, hypertension and tachycardia, due to elemental, organic or inorganic mercury exposure. Additional manifestations include alopecia, loss of appetite, excessive salivation with red and swollen gums, tooth and nail loss, and insomnia.

Also known as: Feer disease, Swift disease, Swift-Feer disease, erythroedema polyneuritis, infantile acrodynia, infantile mercury intoxication, pink disease

2 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 0 tagged with Infantile mercury poisoning itself.