Acrodynia

Causes of Acrodynia:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Acrodynia. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Heavy metal poisoning (type of Poisoning)
• Chronic exposure to mercury
• Mercurial skin lightening creams
• Fungicides in paints
• Diaper rinses
• Teething powders
• Antihelminthics
• Laxatives
• Termite-protected wood
• Watch batteries
• Gamma-globulin injections
• Dental amalgam
• more causes...»

See full list of 12 causes of Acrodynia

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Acrodynia Treatments

Some of the possible treatments listed in sources for treatment of Acrodynia may include:

• Removal of the inciting agent is the goal of treatment
• Correcting fluid and electrolyte losses and rectifying any nutritional imbalances (vitamin-rich diets, vitamin-B complex)
• Chelating agents
• Succimer
• Chemet
• more treatments...»

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Pain symptoms (6458 causes)
• Finger symptoms (1615 causes)
• Toe symptoms (1171 causes)
• Hand symptoms (2016 causes)
• Foot symptoms (2265 causes)
• Limb symptoms (3592 causes)
• Sensations (6520 causes)
• Brain symptoms (2787 causes)
• Neurological symptoms (9575 causes)
• Sensory symptoms (7134 causes)
• Nerve symptoms (9132 causes)
• Lower leg symptoms (59 causes)
• Leg symptoms (2751 causes)
• Arm symptoms (1619 causes)
• Common symptoms (8589 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Definitions of Acrodynia:

A silver metallic element that exists as a liquid at room temperature. It has the atomic symbol Hg (from hydrargyrum, liquid silver), atomic number 80, and atomic weight 200.59. Mercury is used in many industrial applications and its salts have been employed therapeutically as purgatives, antisyphilitics, disinfectants, and astringents. It can be absorbed through the skin and mucous membranes which leads to MERCURY POISONING. Because of its toxicity, the clinical use of mercury and mercurials is diminishing.
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Detailed list of causes of Acrodynia

The list below shows some of the causes of Acrodynia mentioned in various sources:

• Antihelminthics
• Chronic exposure to mercury
• Dental amalgam
• Diaper rinses
• Fungicides in paints
• Gamma-globulin injections
• Heavy metal poisoning
• Laxatives
• more causes...»

See full list of 12 causes of Acrodynia

How Common are these Causes of Acrodynia?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Acrodynia. Of the 12 causes of Acrodynia that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 0 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 0 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 12 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 12 causes of Acrodynia

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Acrodynia:

The following list of conditions have 'Acrodynia' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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What are the alternative names for Acrodynia:

Hydrargyria, Mercurialism, Pink disease, Mercury
- (Source - Diseases Database)

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Medical Conditions associated with Acrodynia:

Pain symptoms (6458 causes), Finger symptoms (1615 causes), Toe symptoms (1171 causes), Hand symptoms (2016 causes), Foot symptoms (2265 causes), Limb symptoms (3592 causes), Sensations (6520 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Sensory symptoms (7134 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Lower leg symptoms (59 causes), Leg symptoms (2751 causes), Arm symptoms (1619 causes), Common symptoms (8589 causes), Body symptoms (5672 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes)

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