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Indian J Med Sci ; 2009 Sept; 63(9) 408-410
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-145444

ABSTRACT

Lead poisoning following intake of Ayurvedic medication is one of the recent areas of concern. We report a case of a 58-year-old type II diabetic man who was stable with diet control and 30 mg pioglitazone per day. He took Ayurvedic medication for generalized weakness and developed peripheral neuropathy following its intake. He was found to have high blood and urinary lead levels and was diagnosed to have subacute lead poisoning. He was treated with d-Penicillamine for 8 weeks, following which his lead levels became normal. The use of d-Penicillamine was proved highly effective in treating a case of lead poisoning.


Subject(s)
Chelating Agents/therapeutic use , Drug Contamination , Humans , Lead/blood , Lead/urine , Lead Poisoning, Nervous System, Adult/drug therapy , Lead Poisoning, Nervous System, Adult/etiology , Male , Medicine, Ayurvedic , Middle Aged , Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/chemically induced , Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/drug therapy
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São Paulo med. j ; 127(1): 52-54, Jan. 2009. ilus, graf, tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-513106

ABSTRACT

CONTEXT: Lead poisoning due to retained gunshot bullets is a well-known clinical problem that is fairly frequently described in the literature. The risk factors for this occurrence relate mainly to whether the lead bullet is in contact with the joint fluid or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The treatment for these cases entails chelation therapy while symptoms are shown and definitive surgical removal of the bullet as a potential source of lead. The aim of this paper is to describe a clinical case of lead poisoning due to a retained gunshot bullet in contact with CSF. CASE REPORT: A 42-year-old male was hit by gunshot bullets during a holdup, and one of them was retained in the spinal cord. Six years later, he developed intense low back pain and underwent laminectomy. Nine years later, he then underwent arthrodesis on L5-S1, but he developed intense abdominal pain after the surgical procedure. For five years, he was treated with calcium versenate in five-day cycles, with a good response. The chelation therapy cycles showed great efficacy during symptomatic periods, thus reducing the symptoms and signs of poisoning and promoting great amounts of lead excretion, thereby reducing the total lead burden responsible for the symptoms. Fortunately, over the last four years, the symptoms have improved and the urine levels of aminolevulinic acid (ALA) have declined, to reach complete normalization. This shows that a healing process is probably taking place on the spinal wound, thereby isolating the bullet fragments from CSF contact.


CONTEXTO: A intoxicação por chumbo devida a projétil retido em ferimento por arma de fogo é uma complicação já conhecida e descrita na literatura. O risco de intoxicação endógena por chumbo está associado ao contato do projétil com o líquido sinovial ou líquido o cefalorraquidiano. O tratamento requer terapia de quelação e retirada cirúrgica do projétil como tratamento definitivo. Este artigo descreve caso clínico de paciente que desenvolveu intoxicação por chumbo devida a projétil retido em contato com líquido cefalorraquidiano. RELATO DE CASO: Paciente masculino, 42 anos, foi baleado durante assalto e teve projéteis que se alojaram no abdômen, perna direita e coluna lombo-sacra. Seis anos depois, desenvolveu intensa lombociatalgia e foi submetido a laminectomia. Nove anos após o acidente, foi submetido a artrodese de L5-S1, quando foi tentada a retirada do projétil, sem sucesso, desenvolvendo no pós-operatório intensa dor abdominal. Foi então feito diagnóstico de intoxicação por chumbo, que foi tratada com gluconato de cálcio, com boa resposta. Durante os cinco anos seguintes, fez ciclos de quelação com ácido etilenodiaminotetracético (EDTA) cálcico, com boa evolução. Os ciclos de quelação mostraram grande eficácia na redução dos sinais e sintomas da intoxicação, promovendo um grande aumento da excreção de chumbo e reduzindo a carga corpórea total de chumbo responsável pelos sintomas. Nos últimos quatro anos, apresentou melhora dos sintomas de intoxicação, com diminuição dos níveis de ALA urinário até a normalização, mostrando que provavelmente houve um processo de cicatrização da lesão, isolando os fragmentos de chumbo do contato com o líquor.


Subject(s)
Adult , Humans , Male , Lead Poisoning/etiology , Wounds, Gunshot/complications , Chelating Agents/therapeutic use , Chelation Therapy , Edetic Acid/therapeutic use , Lead Poisoning, Nervous System, Adult/etiology , Lead Poisoning/cerebrospinal fluid , Lead Poisoning/drug therapy
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Med. interna (Caracas) ; 18(1): 73-77, 2002. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-392294

ABSTRACT

Se discuten 2 casos de intoxicación crónica por plomo; el primero es un paciente masculino de 29 años de edad, cauchero y con proyectil alojado en el tobillo derecho desde hace 5 años, quien inició enfermedad 15 meses previo a su hospitalización caracterizada por dolor abdominal difuso, hiporexia y pérdida de peso, posteriormente estreñimiento, debilidad muscular generalizada y como hallazgos relevantes de laboratorio anemia y plumbemia de 106 µg por ciento; y el segundo caso, es un paciente masculino de 31 años de edad, tornero y con proyectil alojado en la cabeza femoral derecha desde hace 5 años quien presentó dolor abdominal difuso, hiporexia, pérdida de peso y estreñimiento de 2 meses de evolución con desarrollo posterior de temblor distal, disfonía y debilidad muscular generalizada presentando paraclínicamente, anemia y plumbemia de 88,5 µg por ciento. En ambos casos se inició tratamiento con D-penicilamina, en ausencia de otro agente quelante en el país y la necesidad de terapia continua hasta lograr la extracción de la fuente endógena de plomo (proyectil), evidenciándose respuesta clínica y paraclínica favorables a las 4 semanas de tratamiento sin toxicidad medicamentosa


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Adult , Lead Poisoning, Nervous System, Adult/complications , Lead Poisoning, Nervous System, Adult/diagnosis , Lead Poisoning, Nervous System, Adult/etiology , Medicine , Venezuela
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