Adult lead poisoning from a herbal medicine

Authors

• Abdulsalam S. Ibrahim, Department of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, PO Box 3050, Doha, Qatar. Tel. +974 5810367/4392488/4887302. Fax. +974 4392273. E-mail: salam145{at}hotmail.com
• Ali H. Latif, Department of Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Abstract

A 56-year-old Indian lady presented with one week history of abdominal pain, jaundice and chronic polyarthralgia. She had evidence of hemolytic anemia and hepatitis. Her blood lead level was high and a peripheral blood film showed dense basophilic stippling. It is believed that the lead toxicity was due to the use of Indian herbal medicine.

Article Type

Case Report

First Page

591

Last Page

593

Recommended Citation

Ibrahim, Abdulsalam S. and Latif, Ali H. (2002) "Adult lead poisoning from a herbal medicine," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 23: Iss. 5, Article 23.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/1658-3175.1713