background: excess amounts of lead in serum may affect different organ systems and cause lead poisoning. this toxicity mostly happens in chronic and occupational settings. this report comprises the clinical presentation of an acute case of lead toxicity with a much uncommon source of poisoning: opium. case presentation: a 25 year old man was presented to us with abdominal pain, nausea and vomit...

lead-based paint is an important cause of lead poisoning. this report describes our observation of excessive lead absorption among employees in a paint factory in which lead naphthenate and lead oxalate were used as drying agents in paint. in this study, blood levels of lead were compared between nineteen paint factory employees and twenty normal controls. the nineteen paint factory employees h...

introduction a 65-year-old man presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain, abnormal liver function tests (cholestatic pattern), and normocytic anemia. he had been an opium user for 20 years. clinical and preclinical findings including the bluish discoloration of periodontal tissues, or burton’s sign, and generalized ileus on abdominal x-ray led us to the possibility of lead poiso...

Heavy metals (HMs) are widespread and vital to life, but their accumulation in organisms can be hazardous. Lead (Pb) has lately attracted considerable attention due its devastating impacts on the environment human health, such as ability produce neurodevelopmental disorders children even at low exposure levels. Cardiovascular, renal, digestive, hematological, reproductive consequences exist. Th...