Metal Fume Fever
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þ Synonyms for Metal Fume Fever
 - Monday morning fever
 - the smothers
 - brass founders' aue
 - braz's disease
 - foundry fever
 - galvanizers' poisoning
 - smelters' chills
 - zinc chills
 - zinc fume fever
 - brass chills
 - copper fever.

þ Metals associated with Metal Fume Fever
 - copper, zinc most common
 - others: cadmium, mercury, others.

þ Symptoms associated with Metal Fume Fever
 - cough
 - pleuritic chest pain
 - dyspnea
 - thirst
 - dry throat
 - metallic taste (duh)
 - fever/chills
 - nausea
 - myalgias

þ Signs of metal fume fever
 - temp 102-104 degrees F
 - sinus tachycardia
 - diffuse rales in lungs
 - bilateral interstitial infiltrates on CXR

þ Natural history of metal fume fever
 - symptoms clear in 24-48 hours