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Parkinsonism
Occupational Disease Parkinsonism
Parkinsonism Category Chronic Poison
Parkinsonism Severity
Chronic
Parkinsonism Synonyms
Parkinson's disease, secondary
Information on Parkinsonism Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Screening and Imaging
A sentinel health event (occupational) associated with carbon monoxide poisoning and chronic exposure to manganese fume or dust; [Mullan] Case control studies have suggested a relationship between Parkinson's disease and exposure to carbon disulfide, but the more commonly seen syndrome following chronic carbon disulfide exposure is peripheral neuropathy, fatigue, headache, and insomnia. [LaDou, p. 370] Delayed-onset Parkinsonism has occurred after severe cyanide poisoning. [ATSDR Case Studies # 15] Parkinson's disease is an idiopathic, slowly progressive, degenerative CNS disorder with 4 characteristic features: slowness and poverty of movement, muscular rigidity, resting tremor, and postural instability.
Parkinsonism Latency
Years to decades
Parkinsonism References
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/408732