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Lead poisoning

Lead poisoning, also known as plumbism and saturnism, is a type of metal poisoning caused by the presence of lead in the human body. Symptoms of lead poisoning may include abdominal pain, constipation, headaches, irritability, memory problems, infertility, numbness and tingling in the hands and feet. Lead poisoning causes almost 10% of intellectual…

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Causes
Exposure to lead via contaminated air, water, dust, food, consumer products.
Complications
Anemia, seizures, coma.
Deaths
540,000 per year (as of 2016)
Diagnostic method
Blood lead level
Differential diagnosis
Iron deficiency anemia, malabsorption, ADHD, anxiety disorder, polyneuropathy
Medication
Dimercaprol, edetate calcium disodium, succimer.

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Lead poisoning

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Lead poisoningCausesExposure to lead via contaminated air, water, dust, food, consumer products.1.00infobox
Lead poisoningComplicationsAnemia, seizures, coma.1.00infobox
Lead poisoningDeaths540,000 per year (as of 2016)1.00infobox
Lead poisoningDiagnostic methodBlood lead level1.00infobox
Lead poisoningDifferential diagnosisIron deficiency anemia, malabsorption, ADHD, anxiety disorder, polyneuropathy1.00infobox
Lead poisoningMedicationDimercaprol, edetate calcium disodium, succimer.1.00infobox
Lead poisoningOther namesPlumbism, colica pictorum, saturnism, Devon colic, painter's colic.1.00infobox
Lead poisoningPreventionRemoving lead from the home, improved monitoring and education in the workplace, laws that ban lead in products.1.00infobox
Lead poisoningRisk factorsYoung age, pica.1.00infobox
Lead poisoningSpecialtyToxicology1.00infobox
Lead poisoningSymptomsIntellectual disability, abdominal pain, constipation, headaches, irritability, memory problems, inability to have children, tingling in the hands and feet.1.00infobox
Lead poisoningTreatmentChelation therapy1.00infobox
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Lead poisoningis acontender as a factor to his hearing loss and death0.90text

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