Lead toxicity as a result of herbal medication |
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Authors: | A Ravi Raja G N Vishal Babu Geraldine Menezes T Venkatesh |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, St. John’s Medical College, Koramangala, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560034, India |
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Abstract: | Awareness about the toxic effects of non-essential metals is still lacking in developing countries. Lead is one among them,
which ranks second in the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry’ s top 20 lists of toxic metals. Some of the herbal
medicines prepared from certain roots and leaves are known to contain this toxic metal at alarming levels. We have a case
of a person who suffered from the toxic effects of lead such as vomiting and colicky abdominal pain after consuming a herbal
remedy for Jaundice treatment. This went unrecognized initially because of the presence of multiple problems like Malaria
and Renal calculi. Lead poisoning as causative factor for anemia, vomiting and colic were confirmed only when blood lead concentration
was estimated. A combination of chelation therapy and nutritional supplementation was found to be useful in reducing the body
lead burden. |
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Keywords: | Lead Toxicity Herbal medicine Jaundice Abdominal Pain |
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