Bilateral Wrist Drop Due to Lead Poisoning in a Young Woman With Opium Addiction

Opium addiction can cause symptoms in the central or peripheral neurological systems, as well as gastrointestinal disorders and anemia; in such situations, lead poisoning should be considered and chelation therapy should be started as soon as possible. In adults, lead poisoning is an unusual cause o...

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Autores principales: Azadeh, Hossein, Gholami, Farhad, Zakariaei, Zakaria, Banimostafavi, Elham Sadat, Soleymani, Mostafa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9178987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35692724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/11795476221103813
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author Azadeh, Hossein
Gholami, Farhad
Zakariaei, Zakaria
Banimostafavi, Elham Sadat
Soleymani, Mostafa
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Gholami, Farhad
Zakariaei, Zakaria
Banimostafavi, Elham Sadat
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description Opium addiction can cause symptoms in the central or peripheral neurological systems, as well as gastrointestinal disorders and anemia; in such situations, lead poisoning should be considered and chelation therapy should be started as soon as possible. In adults, lead poisoning is an unusual cause of abdominal pain. A common form of lead neuropathy includes weakness of the wrist and finger extensors. We describe a 24-year-old female who developed severe lead poisoning after 3 years of opium consumption, leading to gastrointestinal complaints and bilateral wrist drops.
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spelling pubmed-91789872022-06-10 Bilateral Wrist Drop Due to Lead Poisoning in a Young Woman With Opium Addiction Azadeh, Hossein Gholami, Farhad Zakariaei, Zakaria Banimostafavi, Elham Sadat Soleymani, Mostafa Clin Med Insights Case Rep Case Report Opium addiction can cause symptoms in the central or peripheral neurological systems, as well as gastrointestinal disorders and anemia; in such situations, lead poisoning should be considered and chelation therapy should be started as soon as possible. In adults, lead poisoning is an unusual cause of abdominal pain. A common form of lead neuropathy includes weakness of the wrist and finger extensors. We describe a 24-year-old female who developed severe lead poisoning after 3 years of opium consumption, leading to gastrointestinal complaints and bilateral wrist drops. SAGE Publications 2022-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9178987/ /pubmed/35692724 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/11795476221103813 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title_short Bilateral Wrist Drop Due to Lead Poisoning in a Young Woman With Opium Addiction
title_sort bilateral wrist drop due to lead poisoning in a young woman with opium addiction
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9178987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35692724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/11795476221103813
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