Lead Poisoning

Lead poisoning
Definition:
Lead is a very strong poison. When a person swallows a lead object or inhales lead dust, some of the poison can stay in the body and cause serious health problems.
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Lead poisoning is a totally preventable disease.
Lead exposure can harm young children and babies  even before they are born.
Even children that seem healthy can have high levels of lead in their bodies.
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Lead Poisoning
Related Category: Pathology
or plumbism(plm´bz´´m), intoxication of the system by organic compounds containing lead.
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Lead poisoning: An environmental hazard capable of causing brain damage. In the US lead poisoning is formally defined as having at least 10 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood. (The average level of lead, for people ages 1 to 70, is 2.
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Lead poisoning may go undetected because frequently there are no obvious signs or symptoms. By removing or avoiding lead sources or with early detection and treatment, you can prevent or limit the harmful effects of lead poisoning.
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Lead poisoning develops when people ingest or inhale lead, usually over a long period of time.
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Alternate Names
: Lead Poisoning - Nutritional Considerations, Toxic Metal - Nutritional Considerations
Definition
Nutritional considerations to reduce the risk of lead poisoning.
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Lead Poisoning
This Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Dispatch details the case of a child who died as a result of lead poisoning after ingesting a small metallic charm...more ...
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Lead poisoning can be a significant factor.
Eating too much sugar or sugar foods, smoking during pregnancy, oxygen deprivation at birth, prenatal trauma.
Artificial food additives, preservatives and foods containing salicylates, other food additives.
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Diagnose lead poisoning.
Monitor treatment for lead poisoning.
Screen for lead poisoning in geographic areas where the risk is high (such as in large metropolitan areas) or in certain occupations at high risk.
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The causes of cerebral palsy include illness during pregnancy, premature delivery, or lack of oxygen supply to the baby; or it may occur early in life as a result of an accident, lead poisoning, viral infection, child abuse, or other factors.
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acute lead poisoning
alcohol abuse
cocaine and other illegal drugs
congenital heart disease, such as coarctation of the aorta
hormonal abnormalities, such as a hyperactive condition of the adrenal glands known as Cushing's syndrome ...
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She might order an IQ test, too; AD/HD doesn't directly affect IQ, so a child with it will have an IQ in the normal range (unless the AD/HD has an environmental cause such as lead poisoning).
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Seizures can be caused by head injuries, brain tumors, lead poisoning, maldevelopment of the brain, genetic and infectious illnesses, and fevers. In fully half of the patients with seizures, no cause can yet be found.
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Tummy ache may result from trauma to the abdomen, obstruction of the intestines, a hernia, sickle cell disease, migraine, lead poisoning, and conditions outside the abdomen such as pneumonia or hip problems.
Who is affected?
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Indications: treatment of Wilson's disease and cystinuria; adjunctive therapy in the treatment of severe rheumatoid arthritis, lead poisoning, arsenic poisoning, and primary biliary cirrhosis.
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Genetic factors
History of head injury
Infections of the brain and spinal cord
Premature birth
Exposure to tobacco, alcohol or other drugs while in the womb
Lead poisoning ...
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other tests, including blood and urine tests, x rays, and CT scans, may be done to rule out other possible causes of the symptoms, such as tumors of the skull base or high cervical spinal cord, thyroid disease, spinal arthritis, lead poisoning, ...
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