Dermatitis seen in animals deficient in vitamin B6. There is no evidence for a similar dermatitis in deficient human beings.
A disease of infancy and early childhood marked by pain and swelling in, and pink coloration of, the fingers and toes and by listlessness, irritability, failure to thrive, profuse, perspiration, and sometimes scarlet coloration of the cheeks and tip of the nose.
Children’s disease, caused by an allergy to mercury, where the child’s hands, feet and face swell and become pink, and the child is also affected with fever and loss of appetite.
A disease of infants and young children manifest by edematous skin, scarlet coloration of the face and lips, pink coloration of extremities, cold, clammy and painful skin along with generalized diaphoresis, photophobia, and failure to thrive. Etiology is thought to be Mercury poisoning.
A disease of infants and young children caused by chronic mercury poisoning. It has a prolonged clinical course with various grades of severity. Affected children are listless, irritable, and no longer interested in play. The rash has several variations. Initially, the tips of the fingers and toes become pink; the hands and feet become pink but color shades off at the wrists and ankles. As the disease progresses, the skin of the extremities desquamates, profuse sweating and pruritus occur, and there is excruciating pain in the hands and feet. Neurological symptoms with neuritis and mental apathy develop.