Mercury Poisoning, Nervous System
Neurologic disorders associated with exposure to inorganic and organic forms of MERCURY. Acute intoxication may be associated with gastrointestinal disturbances, mental status changes, and PARAPARESIS. Chronic exposure to inorganic mercury usually occurs in industrial workers, and manifests as mental confusion, prominent behavioral changes (including psychosis), DYSKINESIAS, and NEURITIS. Alkyl mercury poisoning may occur through ingestion of contaminated seafood or grain, and its characteristic features include POLYNEUROPATHY; ATAXIA; vision loss; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; and DEAFNESS. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1997, Ch20, pp10-15)
Year introduced: 2000
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Tree Number(s): C10.720.475.600, C25.723.522.875.500
MeSH Unique ID: D020262
Entry Terms:
- Mercurialism, Nervous System
- Nervous System Mercurialism
- System Mercurialism, Nervous
- Mercurialism, Neurologic
- Neurologic Mercurialism
- Mercury Poisoning, Neurologic
- Neurologic Mercury Poisoning
- Poisoning, Neurologic Mercury
- Mercury-Induced Nervous System Diseases
- Mercury Induced Nervous System Diseases
- Nervous System Diseases, Mercury-Induced
- Nervous System Diseases, Mercury Induced
- Nervous System Poisoning, Mercury
- Neurotoxicity Syndrome, Mercury
- Mercury Neurotoxicity Syndrome
- Mercury Neurotoxicity Syndromes
- Neurotoxicity Syndromes, Mercury
- Syndrome, Mercury Neurotoxicity
- Syndromes, Mercury Neurotoxicity
- Poisoning, Mercury, Nervous System
- Poisoning, Mercury, Neurologic
- Mercury Encephalopathy
- Encephalopathy, Mercury
- Minamata Disease
- Inorganic Mercury Poisoning
- Poisoning, Inorganic Mercury
- Mercury Poisoning, Inorganic
- Mad Hatter Disease
- Mad Hatter Diseases
- Mad Hatter's Disease
- Mad Hatters Disease
- Mercurial Neuroanesthenia
- Neuroanesthenia, Mercurial
- Mercury Poisoning, Organic
- Poisoning, Organic Mercury
- Organic Mercury Poisoning
- Mercury Psychosis
- Psychosis, Mercury
- Mercurial Psychosis
- Psychosis, Mercurial
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