Lead toxicity
From IDWiki
Risk Factors
- Occupational exposure to lead
- Battery manufacturing
- Plumbing
- Mining
- Painting
- Paper hanging
- Auto repair
Clinical Presentation
- Acute exposure
- Abdominal pain and constipation
- Headache, cognitive deficits, and peripheral neuropathy
- Myalgias and arthralgias
- Anemia
- Anorexia
- Chronic exposure
- Fatigue and insomnia
- Hypertension
- Neuropsychiatric symptoms
- Nephropathy
- Miscarriages and stillbirths Investigations
- Labs:
- CBC showing microcytic anemia
- Peripheral blood film showing basophilic stippling