Asymptomatic Lead Poisoning in a Pediatric Patient

Lead poisoning is a harmful condition, potentially resulting in irreversible impairments in neurocognition and behavioral development in the pediatric population. Rarely, life-threatening complications may ensue. We report a case of an asymptomatic four-year-old patient presenting with elevated lead...

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Autores principales: Senanayake, Jayani, Haji Rahman, Rangin, Safwat, Fady, Riar, Suman, Ampalloor, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10017113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36938268
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34940
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author Senanayake, Jayani
Haji Rahman, Rangin
Safwat, Fady
Riar, Suman
Ampalloor, George
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description Lead poisoning is a harmful condition, potentially resulting in irreversible impairments in neurocognition and behavioral development in the pediatric population. Rarely, life-threatening complications may ensue. We report a case of an asymptomatic four-year-old patient presenting with elevated lead levels (74.7 µg/dL) detected on routine blood lead screening at a well-child examination. The patient has a history significant for atopic disease, namely atopic dermatitis, seasonal allergic rhinitis, and food allergies. Overall, the asymptomatic nature of lead poisoning warrants judicious screening in the pediatric population due to the potential for neurologic complications.
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spelling pubmed-100171132023-03-16 Asymptomatic Lead Poisoning in a Pediatric Patient Senanayake, Jayani Haji Rahman, Rangin Safwat, Fady Riar, Suman Ampalloor, George Cureus Pediatrics Lead poisoning is a harmful condition, potentially resulting in irreversible impairments in neurocognition and behavioral development in the pediatric population. Rarely, life-threatening complications may ensue. We report a case of an asymptomatic four-year-old patient presenting with elevated lead levels (74.7 µg/dL) detected on routine blood lead screening at a well-child examination. The patient has a history significant for atopic disease, namely atopic dermatitis, seasonal allergic rhinitis, and food allergies. Overall, the asymptomatic nature of lead poisoning warrants judicious screening in the pediatric population due to the potential for neurologic complications. Cureus 2023-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10017113/ /pubmed/36938268 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34940 Text en Copyright © 2023, Senanayake et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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