Unusual Domestic Source of Lead Poisoning

Annamaria Nicolli, Grazia Genga Mina, Davide De Nuzzo, Isabella Bortoletti, Alberto Gambalunga, Andrea Martinelli, Fabiola Pasqualato, Mario Cacciavillani, Mariella Carrieri and Andrea Trevisan
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Annamaria Nicolli: Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy
Grazia Genga Mina: Department of Occupational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
Davide De Nuzzo: Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy
Isabella Bortoletti: Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy
Alberto Gambalunga: Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy
Andrea Martinelli: Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy
Fabiola Pasqualato: Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy
Mario Cacciavillani: EMG Unit, Data Medica Group, CEMES, 35128 Padova, Italy
Mariella Carrieri: Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy
Andrea Trevisan: Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 12, 1-7

Abstract: Non-occupational lead poisoning is not rare, mainly occurring in domestic situations in children, but also in adults. Lead poisoning was observed in a 65 years-old woman non-exposed to risk that caught our attention with a diagnostic suspicion of acute intermittent porphyria according to recurrent episodes of abdominal pain and neuropathy of upper limbs. Acute intermittent porphyria was excluded by a laboratory investigation that showed instead severe lead poisoning. After several thorough examinations of the domestic environment, the source of intoxication has been detected in some cooking pots that released high concentrations of lead. Ethylenediamine tetracetic acid disodium calcium therapy (three cycles) reduced consistently blood lead concentration and, after one year, neuropathy was almost entirely recovered.

Keywords: lead poisoning; lead migration; lead treatment; lead source; neurotoxicity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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