Medical MCQ-A FACTORY WORKER PRESENTED WITH TREMORS AND PERSONALITY CHANGES ON EXAMINATION HIS HANDS SHOWN BELWO , WHAT IS THE DIAGNOSIS?

A FACTORY WORKER PRESENTED WITH TREMORS AND PERSONALITY CHANGES ON EXAMINATION HIS HANDS SHOWN BELWO , WHAT IS THE DIAGNOSIS?

MERCURY POISONING

LEAD POISONING

ARSENIC POISONING

COCAINE POISONING

Question Category:

Forensic Medicine

Correct Answer:

MERCURY POISONING

Description:

Mercury Poisoning Acute effect * By ingestion: local corrosive effects; nausea, vomiting, severe abdominal pain, chemical colitis, renal damage * By inhalation: chemical pneumonitis, pulmonary edema Chronic effect * Classic symptoms: tremor, gingivitis, erethism (greek erethismos = irritate) * Renal & CNS damage * Minamata disease - neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning REF : NARAYANA REDDY TOXICOLOGY

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