Peripheral nerve lesion in 9 patients with mercury exposure
TANG Yi
LU Hui
WANG Xiangbo
SUN Wei
Abstract：Objective To analyze the clinical and electrophysiological manifestations of patients with mercury expo -sure and peripheral nerve lesion .Methods Retrospective analysis the date of patients from January 2005 to July 2013 , at Xu-anwu Hospital who were diagnosed of peripheral nerve damage as the main manifestation of mercury poisoning and auxiliary ex -amination.Results Nine patients complained of:numbness in 7 cases (77.8%), pain in 6 cases (66.7%), asthenia in 3 cases (33.3%); needle electromyography abnormalities in 6 cases (66.7%), sensory nerve abnormalities in 6 cases (66.7%), 1 case of motor nerve abnormalities (11.1%), peripheral nerve conduction velocity and amplitude were dam-aged.After received two sulfonate drive mercury treatment , the symptoms have varying degrees of ease .Conclusion Symp-toms of sensory nerve lesion are more common in patients with mercury exposure and peripheral nerve lesion .Needle electro-myography and sensory nerve conduction velocity studies are more sensitive for the detection of peripheral nerve lesion in pa -tients with mercury exposure .
Keywords：Mercury exposurePeripheral nerveElectromyography
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 139-142 )