Lead poisoning due to herbal remedies for infertility: a case report

ABSTRACT

Lead poisoning remains a major public health problem due to lack of awareness of its ill effects among the clinical community. The non-availability of information on lead levels at primary health centers results in many lead poisoning cases being treated symptomatically, without the diagnosis being sought. We report a case that presented with abdominal pain and vomiting which eventually turned out to be due to lead poisoning secondary to herbal medicine taken as treatment for infertility