ACRODYNIA
\ˌakɹədˈɪni͡ə], \ˌakɹədˈɪniə], \ˌa_k_ɹ_ə_d_ˈɪ_n_iə]\
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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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By William R. Warner
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A painful affection of the wrists and ankles especially, which appeared in Paris as an epidemic, in 1828 and 1829. It was supposed by some to be rheumatic, by others to be owing to spinal irritation. It appears to have been the same as Dengue.
By Robley Dunglison
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A disease marked by pricking pains in the palms and soles, hyperesthesia, and eruption on hands and feet.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A disease characterized by gastro-intestinal symptoms followed by pain, burning, and swelling of the feet and of the face, with the development on them of patches of erythema and thin vesicles and bullae. It is apparently a toxic disease and is usually followed by. recovery. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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