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Acrodynia – Therapy
The standard of care is discontinuation of the environmental exposure, and chelation therapy (with EDTA or maybe better, DMSA).
Acrodynia – Causes
Mercury compounds like calomel were historically used for various medical purposes: as laxatives, diuretics, antiseptics or antimicrobial drugs for syphilis, typhus and yellow fever
. Teething powders were a widespread source of mercury poisoning until the recognition of mercury toxicity in the 1940s.
However, mercury poisoning and acrodynia still exist today. Modern sources of mercury intoxication include broken thermometers.