Diseases

Arsenic Poisoning

Disorders associated with acute or chronic exposure to compounds containing ARSENIC (ARSENICALS) which may be fatal. Acute oral ingestion is associated with gastrointestinal symptoms and an encephalopathy which may manifest as SEIZURES, mental status changes, and COMA. Chronic exposure is associated with mucosal irritation, desquamating rash, myalgias, peripheral neuropathy, and white transverse (Mees) lines in the fingernails. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1212)

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Disorders associated with acute or chronic exposure to compounds containing ARSENIC (ARSENICALS) which may be fatal. Acute oral ingestion is associated with gastrointestinal symptoms and an encephalopathy which may manifest as SEIZURES, mental status changes, and COMA. Chronic exposure is associated with mucosal irritation, desquamating rash, myalgias, peripheral neuropathy, and white transverse (Mees) lines in the fingernails. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1212)

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35 entry terms
  • Arsenic Poisoning, Nervous System
  • Nervous System Poisoning, Arsenic
  • Neurotoxicity Syndrome, Arsenical
  • Poisoning, Arsenic, Nervous System
  • Arsenic Poisonings
  • Arsenical Neurotoxicity Syndrome
  • Arsenical Neurotoxicity Syndromes
  • Neurotoxicity Syndromes, Arsenical
  • Poisoning, Arsenic
  • Poisonings, Arsenic
  • Syndrome, Arsenical Neurotoxicity
  • Syndromes, Arsenical Neurotoxicity
  • Arsenic Encephalopathy
  • Arsenic Induced Polyneuropathy
  • Arsenic Poisoning, Inorganic
  • Arsenic Poisoning, Organic
  • Encephalopathy, Arsenic
  • Inorganic Arsenic Poisoning
  • Nervous System, Organic Arsenic Poisoning
  • Organic Arsenic Poisoning, Nervous System
  • Polyneuropathy, Arsenic-Induced
  • Arsenic Encephalopathies
  • Arsenic Poisonings, Inorganic
  • Arsenic Poisonings, Organic
  • Arsenic-Induced Polyneuropathies
  • Arsenic-Induced Polyneuropathy
  • Encephalopathies, Arsenic
  • Inorganic Arsenic Poisonings
  • Organic Arsenic Poisoning
  • Organic Arsenic Poisonings
  • Poisoning, Inorganic Arsenic
  • Poisoning, Organic Arsenic
  • Poisonings, Inorganic Arsenic
  • Poisonings, Organic Arsenic
  • Polyneuropathy, Arsenic Induced

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34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coord IM with specific arsenic cpd (IM) if given

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History Note

2000

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Previous Indexing

  • Arsenicals/poisoning (1966-1999)

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  1. C10w.720.475w.150w
  2. C25.723.098w

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QV 294

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Arsenic Poisoning. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020261. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020261
  2. Arsenic Poisoning. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic_poisoning
  3. Arsenic Poisoning. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q730249