Unusual Domestic Source of Lead Poisoning.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 17(12)2020 06 18.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32570886
ABSTRACT
Non-occupational lead poisoning is not rare, mainly occurring in domestic situations in children, but also in adults. Lead poisoning was observed in a 65 years-old woman non-exposed to risk that caught our attention with a diagnostic suspicion of acute intermittent porphyria according to recurrent episodes of abdominal pain and neuropathy of upper limbs. Acute intermittent porphyria was excluded by a laboratory investigation that showed instead severe lead poisoning. After several thorough examinations of the domestic environment, the source of intoxication has been detected in some cooking pots that released high concentrations of lead. Ethylenediamine tetracetic acid disodium calcium therapy (three cycles) reduced consistently blood lead concentration and, after one year, neuropathy was almost entirely recovered.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
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Cooking
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Lead Poisoning
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J Environ Res Public Health
Year:
2020
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Article
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