Chronic arsenic poisoning signs
Mees, Rain, Garlic
Directs toward arsenic in a patient with skin and nail changes.
Mees' lines also appear with other heavy metals, and this omits neuropathy and keratoses.
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Mees, Rain, Garlic. It helps you recall: Chronic arsenic poisoning signs.
Mees' lines on nails
Raindrop pigmentation of skin
Garlic odour of breath
Mees: Mees' lines on nails; Rain: Raindrop pigmentation of skin; Garlic: Garlic odour of breath.
It belongs to Toxicology in Forensic Medicine.
Mees' lines also appear with other heavy metals, and this omits neuropathy and keratoses.
Directs toward arsenic in a patient with skin and nail changes.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a Forensic Medicine question about Toxicology.
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