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I had Pink Disease as a child .Try pinkdisease.org. If you go to yahoogroups.com there's a group of us who all had it.

Best wishes Jill

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Is this a lung disease? I have never heard of it. x

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ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

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Oh thank you stone. It's not a lung disease then. x

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I think it is a lung disease, the web page mentioned by Stone just doesn't seem right to me. I had Pink's Disease as a baby and it wasn't until nearly 60 years later, when I went to Papworth Hospital, that anyone had heard of it, it was related in some way to whooping cough and, to cut a long story short, I was left with COPD Bronchiecstasis for which I have been treated for the last 15 years.

I am not autistic in any way although, coincidentally, I have 3 granddaughters who are. Take care. Love Lizzy x

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Hi

It is mercury poisoning, found in teething powder and many baby products, banned in 1947.

It as links to bronchiecstasis,

pinkdisease.org./

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Thanks Stone, I haven't got round to reading the web site you mention but I will a.s.a.p. Take care, Lizzy.

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