Complications of Lead poisoning

Complications list for Lead poisoning:

The list of complications that have been mentioned in various sources for Lead poisoning includes:

• Coma
• Brain damage
• Nervous system damage (see Nerve symptoms)
• Behavior problems
• Learning problems (see Learning disabilities)
• Hyperactivity
• Slowed growth
• Hearing problems
• Headaches
• Infertility (type of Sexual Conditions)
• Male infertility
• Female infertility
• Pregnancy difficulties (see Pregnancy symptoms)
• High blood pressure
• Digestive problems
• Nerve disorders
• Memory problems
• Concentration problems
• Muscle pain
• Joint pain
• Red blood cell damage
• Kidney damage
• Mental retardation
• Fits (convulsions)
• Unconsciousness
• Coma
• Death

See also the symptoms of Lead poisoning and Lead poisoning: Introduction.

Complications and sequelae of Lead poisoning from the Diseases Database include:

• Uric acid decreased (urine)
• Aseptic meningitis
• Myalgia
• Gum pathology
• Microcytosis (erythrocyte)
• Red cell production reduced
• Aminoaciduria
• Hyperkalaemic distal renal tubular acidosis
• Sleep disturbance
• Uric acid levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Optic atrophy
• Cushing's syndrome
• Constipation
• Proximal renal tubular acidosis
• Headache
• Sideroblasts
• Pappenheimer bodies
• CSF protein raised
• Raised intracranial pressure
• Taste disturbance
• Abdominal pain
• Chronic brain failure
• Myocarditis
• Cerebellar syndrome
• Basophilic stippling
• Cerebral oedema
• Urobilinogen levels raised (urine)
• Dizzyness
• Motor neuropathy, peripheral
• Muscle weakness
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Osteosclerosis
• Acute confusional state
• Hypochromia (erythrocyte)
• Fits
• Megacolon
• Cardiomyopathy
• Tremor
• Angioid streaks
• Hypertension, systemic

See also the symptoms of Lead poisoning and Lead poisoning: Introduction.

Complications of Lead poisoning:

Lead accumulates in our bodies, and especially in children’s bodies. Exposures to small amounts of lead over time can mean a long term accumulation of lead in a child, raising the child’s risk of bad health effects. (Source: excerpt from Lead Exposure: NWHIC)

Lead poisoning Symptoms: Book Excerpts

• Signs and Symptoms - Poisoning
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• Signs and symptoms - Snakebites, poisonous

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About complications:

Complications of Lead poisoning are secondary conditions, symptoms, or other disorders that are caused by Lead poisoning. In many cases the distinction between symptoms of Lead poisoning and complications of Lead poisoning is unclear or arbitrary.

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