Chronic mercury poisoning: Features

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• Tremor (Intentional, coarse, affecting arms, hands, tongue and later legs, also called hatter's shake/glass blower's shake/danbury tremors)
• Acrodynia (Pink disease, characterised by pain, paraesthesia, pinkish discolouration of hands and feets)
• Blue-Black line on gums
• Lentis (Mercuria lentis, deposition of brown pigment on anterior lens capsule without affecting visual acuity)
• Erethism (Psychological disturbance characterised by shyness, timidness, loss of memory, depression, insomnia)

Did you know?

Mercury in any form is toxic.

Mercury also known as quicksilver is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.