- Specialty
- Toxicology , neurology , psychiatry
- Symptoms
- Ataxia , numbness and muscle weakness
- Complications
- Loss of peripheral vision , and damage to hearing and speech ; in extreme cases: insanity , paralysis , coma ; can also affect fetuses ; see Mercury poisoning for more details
- Usual onset
- Soon after consuming affected seafood
- Duration
- Chronic
- Causes
- Severe mercury poisoning
- Risk factors
- Affected those who consumed fish and shellfish from Minamata Bay
- Diagnostic method
- See mercury poisoning
- Differential diagnosis
- See mercury poisoning
- Prevention
- Proper handling of industrial waste
- Treatment
- See mercury poisoning
