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Lead Poisoning

Sign/Symptoms
Abdominal Cramp Anaemia (Anemia) Behaviour: Aggression Cerebral Edema (Oedema) Constipation Distal Sensory Loss: Peripheral Neuropathy Mind: Irritability Pain Abdominal Seizures Trembling Vomiting

Drugs
Penicillamine

Treatments
Medical Procedure Treat Underlying Disorder Whole Bowel Irrigation Chelating Agent Medical Therapy Chelating Agent Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Treat Underlying Disorder Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Whole Bowel Irrigation Weakly in Favour Low Evidence

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Blood Uric Acid Concentration Test Uric Acid, Blood (Decreased) Eosinophils Count Eosinophils (Increased) Free Erythrocyte Protoporphyrin (FEP) Concentration Free Erythrocyte Protoporphyrin (FEP) (Increased) Glycosylated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) Concentration Iron Concentration Iron (Increased) Lead Concentration Test Lead (Increased) Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH) Weight Test Hemoglobin (Hb) (Decreased) Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) Hemoglobin (Hb) (Decreased) Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) Red Blood Cell (RBC) Volume (Decreased) Porphyrins Concentration Total Porphyrins (Blood) (Increased) Uroporphyrin (Blood) (Increased) Coproporphyrin (Blood) (Increased) Porphobilinogen (Blood) (Increased) Urine Epethelial Cell Number Urine Epethelial Cells (Increased) Urine glucose concentration Urine glucose (Increased) Urine Granular Cast Concentration Unrine Granular Casts (Increased) Urine Porphyrin Concentration Uroporphyrin (Increased) Urine Uric Acid Concentration Urine Uric Acid (Increased)

Summary References

Treatments:
1. Olson (2007) pp.1658

2. Menkes (2006) pp.706

3. Patrick, L (Mar 2006). "Lead toxicity, a review of the literature. Part 1: Exposure, evaluation, and treatment" (PDF). Alternative medicine review 11 (1): 2–22. ISSN 1089-5159

4. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec21/ch326/ch326m.html?qt=lead%20poisoning&alt=sh#sec21-ch326-ch326j-1384

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