Unusual Domestic Source of Lead Poisoning

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作者
Nicolli, Annamaria [1 ]
Mina, Grazia Genga [2 ]
De Nuzzo, Davide [1 ]
Bortoletti, Isabella [1 ]
Gambalunga, Alberto [1 ]
Martinelli, Andrea [1 ]
Pasqualato, Fabiola [1 ]
Cacciavillani, Mario [3 ]
Carrieri, Mariella [1 ]
Trevisan, Andrea [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Padua, Dept Cardiac Thorac Vasc Sci & Publ Hlth, I-35128 Padua, Italy
[2] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dept Occupat Med, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[3] CEMES, EMG Unit, Data Med Grp, I-35128 Padua, Italy
关键词
lead poisoning; lead migration; lead treatment; lead source; neurotoxicity;
D O I
10.3390/ijerph17124374
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Non-occupational lead poisoning is not rare, mainly occurring in domestic situations in children, but also in adults. Lead poisoning was observed in a 65 years-old woman non-exposed to risk that caught our attention with a diagnostic suspicion of acute intermittent porphyria according to recurrent episodes of abdominal pain and neuropathy of upper limbs. Acute intermittent porphyria was excluded by a laboratory investigation that showed instead severe lead poisoning. After several thorough examinations of the domestic environment, the source of intoxication has been detected in some cooking pots that released high concentrations of lead. Ethylenediamine tetracetic acid disodium calcium therapy (three cycles) reduced consistently blood lead concentration and, after one year, neuropathy was almost entirely recovered.
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