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Adult lead poisoning from a herbal medicine
Abdulsalam S Ibrahim1, Ali H Latif
1Department of Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. salam145@hotmail.com
Saudi Medical Journal
|June 19, 2002
Abstract:
A 56-year-old Indian lady presented with one week history of abdominal pain, jaundice and chronic polyarthralgia. She had evidence of hemolytic anemia and hepatitis. Her blood lead level was high and a peripheral blood film showed dense basophilic stippling. It is believed that the lead toxicity was due to the use of Indian herbal medicine.