A FACTORY WORKER PRESENTED WITH TREMORS AND PERSONALITY CHANGES ON EXAMINATION HIS HANDS SHOWN BELWO , WHAT IS THE DIAGNOSIS?
Mercury Poisoning Acute effect * By ingestion: local corrosive effects; nausea, vomiting, severe abdominal pain, chemical colitis, renal damage * By inhalation: chemical pneumonitis, pulmonary edema Chronic effect * Classic symptoms: tremor, gingivitis, erethism (greek erethismos = irritate) * Renal & CNS damage * Minamata disease - neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning REF : NARAYANA REDDY TOXICOLOGY
MERCURY POISONING
LEAD POISONING
ARSENIC POISONING
COCAINE POISONING
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