Lead toxicity

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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
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