Diagnosis and Treatment Analysis of 13 Patients with Lead Poisoning Caused by Taking Traditional Chinese Medicine Home Remedies
XIAO Minmin
ZHANG Yiqiang
Abstract：Objective To analyze the diagnosis and treatment process of lead poisoning caused by tradi-tional Chinese folk remedies,improve the understanding of lead poisoning caused by traditional Chinese medicine,and reduce the misdiagnosis rate.Methods The clinical data and diagnosis and treatment experience of 13 cases of lead poisoning caused by traditional Chinesefolk remedies admitted to our department from May to June 2023 were analyzed.Results The main symptoms of 13 patients were abdominal colic and abdominal distension.The blood lead level was higher than normal.Some patients had proteinuria,abnormal liver function,anemia,and other symptoms.After lead removal treatment,all the indexes of the patients returned to normal.Conclusion Lead poisoning should be highly suspected in patients with history of taking traditional Chinese folk remediesalong with symptoms such as abdominal colic,incomplete intestinal obstruction,abnormal liver function,and anemia,and ac-tive lead removal therapy should be taken.
Keywords：chinese herbal remedieslead poisoningtherapeutics
Publication Date：2024-05-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 615-617 )