Unregulated potions still cause mercury poisoning

Davis, Larry E.

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“…1, p. 393) impairments, such as tremors, weakness, ataxia, and personality change. 11 "[Over] the years," wrote Remini, "he subjected his system to unbelievable quantities of lead and mercury. Without realizing it, Jackson slowly poisoned himself."…”

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Old Hickory's Violent Past Medical History

Nakayama

2018

The American Surgeon™

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The past medical history (PMH) of Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) reflects one of the emblematic nicknames in Americana, “Old Hickory.” As a 14-year-old Rebel volunteer in the Revolutionary War, he survived a blow from a British saber and smallpox that he contacted in a prison camp epidemic. In 1806, Jackson challenged a rival who had made the mistake of maligning his beloved wife Rachel. He deliberately allowed his opponent to shoot him in the chest, and then killed him when he took his turn. A gunshot shattered his arm in an 1813 street fight that involved Thomas Hart Benton, who later became his ally in the United States Senate during his presidency. His PMH would not include a duel in 1787, where both parties shot and somehow missed; an escape from a party of Indians in 1791; a shootout in 1796 with the future governor of Tennessee; and in 1833 and 1835, the first two assassination attempts on a United States President. Wracked from a lifetime of maladies and wounds, he sought relief through heavy doses of nostrums laced with heavy metals and self-phlebotomy. He likely hastened his own death. The PMH gives perspective on a patient's present condition. In Jackson's case, it reveals traits that allowed him to survive and thrive in a dangerous age. His belligerence, fiery temper, and intransigence were qualities that led to success in war against the British and the Native American tribes of the southern United States, and in a political career that climaxed as the seventh United States President.

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Old Hickory's Violent Past Medical History

Nakayama

2018

The American Surgeon™

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“…Calomel was present in teething powders and antihelminthic treatments, but pediatricians realized in the late 1940s that acrodynia was associated with mercury poisoning [14]. Recognition of calomel's toxicity led to bans on the inclusion of mercury in teething powders in the United states and in many other countries; the prevalence of acrodynia has since significantly decreased [2,[14][15][16]. However, products containing calomel can still be found in Southeast Asia and some other parts of the world [17].…”

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Mercury toxicity presenting as acrodynia and a papulovesicular eruption in a 5-year-old girl

Lai¹,

Parsi²,

Wu³

et al. 2016

Dermatology Online Journal

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Acrodynia is a reaction that occurs in children who have been exposed to mercury. Mercury toxicity has systemic manifestations as well as cutaneous manifestations, which can appear similar to those found in a number of other diseases. We present a case of acrodynia caused by mercury exposure in a previously healthy 5-year-old girl who developed hypertension, palmoplantar pruritus, and a papulovesicular eruption. Case synopsisA 5-year-old previously healthy girl was admitted to the hospital for two months of increasing migratory joint pain, new-onset recalcitrant hypertension, irritability, photophobia, decreased appetite, and one week of intensely pruritic palmoplantar papules and vesicles. During hospitalization, her blood pressure increased to a maximum of 159/113 mm/Hg and remained on average 145/105 mm/Hg, necessitating triple anti-hypertensive therapy with amlodipine, labetalol, and hydralazine. Figure 1. Monomorphic erythematous papules and vesicles on the back (a) and hand (b). Exfoliation is beginning to occur on the distal fingers (b) and toes (c).

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“…Aus Studien in England, Australien und den USA wurde abgeleitet, dass die größte Häufig-keit von Akrodynie in den ersten zwei Lebensjahren mit einem Maximum bei sieben Monaten liegt [6]. Zwischen 1939Zwischen und 1948 verstarben in England und Wales 585 Kinder an Akrodynie, davon allein 103 im Jahr 1947 [7,8]. Die Letalität wurde mit zirka 7 % angegeben, im Bereich zwischen 5,5 bis 33,3 % [4].…”

Section: Geschichte Der Akrodynieunclassified

Addendum zur Stoffmonographie Quecksilber ? Referenz- und Human-Biomonitoring-Werte der Kommission Human-Biomonitoring des Umweltbundesamtes

2009

Bundesgesundheitsbl.

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Unregulated potions still cause mercury poisoning

Cited by 8 publications

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Old Hickory's Violent Past Medical History

Old Hickory's Violent Past Medical History

Mercury toxicity presenting as acrodynia and a papulovesicular eruption in a 5-year-old girl

Addendum zur Stoffmonographie Quecksilber ? Referenz- und Human-Biomonitoring-Werte der Kommission Human-Biomonitoring des Umweltbundesamtes

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