Carbon Monoxide Headquarters
Toxic Solids, Dr. D. Penney





Mercury

Symptoms:

  • erethism - excessive irritability or sensibility to stimulation
  • anxiety
  • depression
  • irritability
  • mania
  • memory loss
  • tremor
  • paresthesias
  • ataxia
  • spasticity
  • rigidity
  • visual problems
  • hearing problems
  • acrodynia (in children) - characterized by pain and swelling in, and pink coloration of the fingers and toes, and by listlessness, irritability, failure to thrive, etc.



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