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KMID : 0379320010260010057
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Korean Journal of Rural Medicine
2001 Volume.26 No. 1 p.57 ~ p.64
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Case Report of a Lead Poisoning by Home-made Herb Pills
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Kim Duk-Soo
Lim Hyun-Sul
Yang Chang-Heon
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Abstract
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A23-year-old female has visited university hospital for abdominal colic and constipation. She took home-made herb pills for 15 days as a traditional remedy for skin eczema. On clinical examinations; conjunctiva was pale, sclera was icteric and lead line was visible on gingiva. Laboratory examinations are as follows; hemoglobin was 8.6g/㎗, reticulocyte was 4.2% and there was basophilic stippling of erythrocytes in peripheral blood smear. Blood level of lead was elevated as 69㎍/㎗. The herb pills contained 3.32% lead, with cumulative dose of lead over 3.2g. The herb pills were manufactured by a 70-year-old man who was not aware of the health hazard of lead. We suppose that he made herb pills with the imported raw materials from China that contained a high percentage of lead.
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KEYWORD
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Lead poisoning, Herb pill, Traditional remedy
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