Also known as pink disease, Swift disease, Feer disease, Selter disease, erythroderma, erythroderma polyneuritis, dermatopolyneuritis, trophodermatoneurosis, erythema arthricum epidemicum, vegetative neurosis, and vegetative encephalitis.
Najbolj nevarna živosrebrna spojina je metilno živo srebro, ki je tako strupen, da celo v mikrolitrih razlitja po koži ali celo po lateksovih rokavicah povzoči smrt.