[Abdominal pain, constipation and anemia]
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Electroacupuncture Combined with Chinese Medicine Ironing Therapy for Functional Constipation
Published on: July 5, 2024
Fabio Barresi1, Isabel Kunz Caflish2, Leena Bayly-Schinzel2
11 Arbeits- und Umweltmedizin, Institut für Epidemiologie, Biostatistik und Prävention (EBPI), Universität Zürich.
Abstract:
We present the case of a 42-year old man who went to the emergency department because of spasmodic abdominal pain. The abdomen was soft. A gastroscopy and a colonoscopy were without pathological findings. The laboratory analyses indicated anemia. The differential blood count showed basophilic granules in the red blood cells. The blood lead level was elevated. A lead poisoning was diagnosed. The cause was the oral intake of an ayurvedic medication which the patient had received in Bangladesh to treat his vitiligo.
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