What is pink disease?
Pinks disease is also known as acrodynia, it is mercury poisoning during childhood. Mercury was a known ingredient in a type of teething powder until the 1950s. Characteristics of Pinks disease include a pink discoloration of the hands and feet.
How do members experience pink disease?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with pink disease*
Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Common symptom
Fatigue
How bad it is
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Nothing reported yet
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Depressed mood
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Nothing reported yet
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Stress
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Nothing reported yet
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Pain
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Nothing reported yet
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Anxious mood
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Nothing reported yet
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Top treatments taken by people for pink disease*
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Who has pink disease on PatientsLikeMe?
Age
Age | Proportion | # of patients |
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<20 | 0 | |
20s | 0 | |
30s | 0 | |
40s | 0 | |
50s | 0 | |
60s | 6 | |
70+ | 11 |
Distribution of sex
Sex
Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
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Male | 2 | |
Female | 14 |
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