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Mercury poisoning
Identifier
001437
Type of Spiritual Experience
Near death
Out of body
Hallucination
Background
Morvan’s Syndrome, or Morvan’s fibrillary chorea (MFC), is a rare autoimmune disease named after nineteenth century French physician Augustin Marie Morvan. “La chorée fibrillaire” was first coined by Morvan in 1890 when describing patients with multiple, irregular contractions of the long muscles, cramping, weakness, pruritus, hyperhidrosis, insomnia, and delirium. It normally presents with a slow insidious onset over months to years. Approximately 90% of cases spontaneously go into remission, while the other 10% of cases lead to death.
There are a number of papers on Pubmed which seem to indicate it is caused by mercury poisoning
A description of the experience
[What is left of Morvan's fibrillary chorea?] [Article in French] - Serratrice G, Azulay JP.; Clinique des Maladies du Système Nerveux et de l'Appareil Locomoteur, CHU Timone, Marseille.
In 1890, Morvan described a syndrome of myokimia associated with muscle pain, excessive sweating and sleep disorders. The course was severe and the patient died five weeks after the onset. Several cases were published after this first report in the French literature. The last for 10 years the disease seems to have disappeared. In fact, it seems that the progress in electromyography introduced clear definitions of spontaneous muscle discharges (myokimia, neuromyotonic discharges, fibrillations, fasciculations) allowing recognition of a disease characterized by a syndrome of spontaneous and continuous muscle fiber activity associated with cramping, slow relaxation (pseudomyotonia), excessive sweating and stiffness. ………..
we suggest that the term of "Maladie de Morvan" must be used instead of chorée fibrillaire but only concerning patients who exhibit central disorders including insomnia, hallucinations and altered behaviour.
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