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...Lead poisoning (also known as plumbism, colica pictonium, saturnism, Devon colic, or painter's colic) is a medical condition caused by increased levels of the heavy metal lead in the body. Lead interferes with a variety of body processes and is toxic to many organs and tissues including the heart, bones, intestines, kidneys, and reproductive and nervous systems. It interferes with the development of the nervous system and is therefore particularly toxic to children, causing potentially permanent learning and behavior disorders. Symptoms include abdominal pain, headache, anemia, irritability, and in severe cases seizures, coma, and death. Read full entry
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Lead Poisoning?
How many times do you have to
touch lead to get lead
poisoning. Iv touched it about
4 times this week, its lead
flashing for houses and im
really worried incase i will
get lead poisoning off of it.
Do you have to touch it for
years at a time or a matter of
days.
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Touching lead will be unlikely to give you lead poisoning. It will only cause problems if you ingest it into your body through mouth or by inhaling lead particles,over a period of time. Wear gloves when handling it and be careful not to touch your mouth after handling it as well, and you should be fine |
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What are the steps to Let's say a patient presents
with fatigue, headaches, gout,
aggression, memory loss, sleep
disturbance, tremor, slow
nerve conduction, and ED.
After running a CBC and
finding microcytic anemia and
leukocytosis, how probable is
it that a doctor would say
"definetly lead poisoning"
BEFORE looking at the urine
and finsing sediment, or doing
a renal biopsy? People
actually in the medical field
please help me out? I'm
reseaching for my short story
and I like to be accurate.
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So, the first thing I would do if I saw symptoms consistent with lead exposure is take a very good history - for example: how old is the patient's house (does he have lead based paint on the walls)? What is his water source - i.e. does he have lead contamination in the water/soil? What kind of work does he do - is there occupational exposure? If those questions indicated a possible exposure, then I would order some lab tests - CBC to look for microcytic, hypochromic anemia. A peripheral smear of the blood may show basophilic stippling, (helpful but not limited just to lead poisoning). Based on your symptoms, it sounds like the patient would have had long term exposure to lead, so you could get a blood lead level. Also, in September the FDA approved a new test called the LeadCare II Blood Lead Test System - its done on a sample of venous blood, and results are back in a few minutes. I don't think a renal biopsy or urine examination is necessary for the diagnosis, BUT I am not an expert on the kidney. Sounds like an interesting story - good luck! |
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What are the long term effects I have a child that we've been
testing for a disability. We
recently found out from the
mom that the girl got lead
poisoning as a baby. We know
what the short term effects
are (they describe her
perfectly, too). Is there any
research that show what the
long term effects of lead
poisoning are? Do the effects
go away or lessen at all with
time?
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I thnk this website will help you. http://www.lead.org.au/fs/fst7 .html |
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