Talk:Acrodynia

Suggestion: A section on CFL lighting fixtures
CFL's contain mercury and a section on what to watch for and how to safely dispose of both intact and broken CFLs would be valuable. 71.225.73.57 (talk) 04:33, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Photos?
A photo or two of a patient with this condition would be nice...

Basesurge (talk) 08:13, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Pink disease, not Pink's disease
It is named after the characteristic color of the rash. Citations below are from the Oxford English Dictionary.


 * pink disease n. Med. a disease of children caused by mercury poisoning, characterized by pinkness of parts of the body, restlessness, and photophobia.
 * 1921  Med. Jrnl. Austral. 19 Feb. 146/1   When the rash is marked it is common to find the glands in the axillæ and groins enlarged. It is this pink rash, that leads to the name ‘pink disease’.
 * 1974  R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xvii. 28/1   Pink disease earns its name from the colour of the hands and feet and not from an imaginary Dr Pink to whom many students credit its discovery.

-- ABehrens (talk) 06:00, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

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