The symptoms of lead poisoning, which can occur when the individual ingests lead, may be different in adults and children. The symptoms of lead poisoning may be:
Children:
- Irritability;
- Loss of interest in jokes;
- Vomiting;
- Lack of balance;
- Confusion;
- Sleep;
- Anemia;
- Convulsions;
- With the.
Adults:
- Personality change: an individual who was very calm can become aggressive and vice versa;
- Persistent headache;
- Metallic taste in the mouth;
- Lack of appetite;
- Anemia;
- Abdominal pain;
- Vomiting;
- Constipation.
Symptoms of brain injury occur by swelling of the brain, but it is not common in adults, only in children.
These symptoms may disappear spontaneously if the individual is no longer exposed to lead, but even so, he will need treatment to remove lead from the body, which can be done with medicines such as dimercaptosucein acid, which binds to lead and allows its elimination through urine.
