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Mercury poisoning in two 13-year-old twin sisters
Mercury (Hg) is a toxic agent that evaporates in room temperature and its inhalation may cause poisoning. Due to the nonspecific symptoms, diagnosis is difficult in special circumstances with no initial history of Hg exposure. We report two such cases of Hg poisoning. The patients were two sisters,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4468237/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26109979 |
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author | Khodashenas, Ezzat Aelami, Mohammadhassan Balali-Mood, Mahdi |
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description | Mercury (Hg) is a toxic agent that evaporates in room temperature and its inhalation may cause poisoning. Due to the nonspecific symptoms, diagnosis is difficult in special circumstances with no initial history of Hg exposure. We report two such cases of Hg poisoning. The patients were two sisters, presenting with pain in extremities, itchy rashes, sweating, salivation, weakness, and mood changes. They have used a compound that contains mercury, for treatment of pedicullosis three months before admission. This compound was purchased from a herbal shop and was applied locally on the scalps for 2 days. Their urinary mercury concentrations were 50 and 70 mg/L. They were successfully treated by D-penicillamine and gabapentin. In a patient with any kind of bone and joint pain, skin rash erythema and peripheral neuropathy, mercury poisoning should be considered as a differential diagnosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-44682372015-06-24 Mercury poisoning in two 13-year-old twin sisters Khodashenas, Ezzat Aelami, Mohammadhassan Balali-Mood, Mahdi J Res Med Sci Case Report Mercury (Hg) is a toxic agent that evaporates in room temperature and its inhalation may cause poisoning. Due to the nonspecific symptoms, diagnosis is difficult in special circumstances with no initial history of Hg exposure. We report two such cases of Hg poisoning. The patients were two sisters, presenting with pain in extremities, itchy rashes, sweating, salivation, weakness, and mood changes. They have used a compound that contains mercury, for treatment of pedicullosis three months before admission. This compound was purchased from a herbal shop and was applied locally on the scalps for 2 days. Their urinary mercury concentrations were 50 and 70 mg/L. They were successfully treated by D-penicillamine and gabapentin. In a patient with any kind of bone and joint pain, skin rash erythema and peripheral neuropathy, mercury poisoning should be considered as a differential diagnosis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4468237/ /pubmed/26109979 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Research in Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Khodashenas, Ezzat Aelami, Mohammadhassan Balali-Mood, Mahdi Mercury poisoning in two 13-year-old twin sisters |
title | Mercury poisoning in two 13-year-old twin sisters |
title_full | Mercury poisoning in two 13-year-old twin sisters |
title_fullStr | Mercury poisoning in two 13-year-old twin sisters |
title_full_unstemmed | Mercury poisoning in two 13-year-old twin sisters |
title_short | Mercury poisoning in two 13-year-old twin sisters |
title_sort | mercury poisoning in two 13-year-old twin sisters |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4468237/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26109979 |
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