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Erethism (pathological irritability or sensitivity of an organ or a body part)
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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↑ 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
↑ Rascol, O.; Sabatini, U.; Siminetta-Moreau, M.; Montatruc J.L.; Rascol, A. and Clanet, M. (1991) Full Text J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 54 (7) 599 – 602. Square wave jerks in parkinsonian syndromes.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1014429/
↑ Scoditti, U.; Gemighnanai, F.; Colonna, F.; Ludovico, L. and Bettoni,(1993) Full Text L. Acta Neurol. Scand. 88 (4) 251 -253 Peroneal muscular atrophy with parkinsonism, ptosis, and congenital strabismushttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8256567
↑ Almer, Zina; Klein, Katheine S.; Marsh, Laura; Gerstenhaber, Melissa and Repka, Michael X. (2011) Full Text Ophthalmology. 119 (1) 178 – 182. Ocular Motor and Sensory Function in Parkinson Diseasehttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3251710/