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Erethism

Pathological irritability or sensitivity of an organ or a body part.

This symptom (also known as Mad Hatter's Disease is commonly associated with mercury toxicity, (prevalent in hat manufacture) which is itself a noted causal risk for PD.

The following references are relevant:-

Critchley (1981) Speech disorders of Parkinsonism: a review. [1]

Clarkson et al (2003) Human Exposure to Mercury: the Three Modern Dilemmas [2]

Liu et al (2012) Occupational Neurotoxic Diseasesin Taiwan[3]

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References


  1. Critchley, E.M. (1981) Full Text J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 44 (9) 751 – 758. Spech disorders of Parkinsonism: a review http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC491132/
  2. Clarkson, Thomas W.; Magos, Lazio and Myers, Gary J. font color="maroon">(2003) Abstract The Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medecine. 15 321 – 343 Human Exposure to Mercury: the Three Modern Dilemmas http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jtra.10050/abstract
  3. Liu, Chi-Hung, Huang, Chi-Yun and Huang, Chin-Chang (2012) Abstract Safety and Health at Work 3 94) 257 – 267 Occupational Neurotoxic Diseasesin Taiwanhttp://synapse.koreamed.org/search.php?where=aview&id=10.5491/SHAW.2012.3.4.257&code=0193SHAW&vmode=FULL