Summary Statement : Pain in peripheral or acral parts of the body.

Details : acrodynia
ak-rō-din?ē-ă
(1) Pain in peripheral or acral parts of the body.

(2) A syndrome caused almost exclusively in the past by mercury poisoning: in

children, characterized by erythema of the limbs, chest, and nose, gastrointestinal

symptoms, behavioral changes, and polyneuritis; in adults, characterized by

anorexia, photophobia, sweating, and tachycardia. acrodynic erythema,

dermatopolyneuritis, erythredema, Feer disease, pink disease

[acro- + G. odyn?, pain]

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