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Bromism

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A disease caused by chronic exposure to bromine or one of its compounds.

Bromism is characterized by mental dullness, memory loss, slurred speech, tremors, ataxia and muscular weakness, a transitory state resembling paranoid schizophrenia, and a skin eruption (bromoderma).

Once a common problem, bromism was generally due to chronic ingestion of proprietary bromide preparations.

Also called brominism

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