The British physician James Parkinson reported in a publication in 1817 the clinical symptomatology in paralysis agitans or shaking palsy. The name of this disorder today is Parkinson's disease (PD). Parkinsonism is characterized by hypokinesia, rigidity, tremor, symptoms from the vegetative nervous system, and in some cases dementia. Tremor is the most characteristic, and often the first sympt...

This report is a critical evaluation of the use of dental amalgam with special consideration of the possibility of chronic mercury poisoning. The description of psychic and somatic symptoms associated with corrosion of amalgam might help people with similar symptoms to recognize the possible source of their problems. Medical practitioners need to recognize the characteristic manifestations of m...

Heavy metal poisoning is one of the common problems that occurs due to changes in food chain, environmental conditions, etc., One of the most commonly occurring toxicities due to metal ions is lead poisoning. It causes many diseases like skin lesions, cancer, diabetes, heart and lung related problems etc., in human beings. It was widely reported that the elevated level of Pb (II) in drinking wa...

AIM To report our experience of acute kidney injury (AKI) developed after exposure to poisonous substance. METHODS Retrospective study where data was collected from case records of patients coming to this institute during January 1990 to May 2016. This institution is a tertiary care center for renal care in the metropolitan city of Karachi, Pakistan. History of ingested substance, symptoms on...