title: Acute zinc toxicity in haemodialysis.
abstract: A country patient on home haemodialysis suffered acute nausea, vomiting, and fever during dialyses when she used water stored in a galvanized tank. She subsequently was found to have severe anaemia with raised plasma and erythrocyte zinc concentrations. Intercurrent hospital haemodialyses and subsequent home dialyses with deionized water were symptom-free.Experimental haemodialyses of dogs against small concentrations of zinc showed a disproportionate rise in plasma zinc and possible uptake of zinc by the liver.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006437:Hemodialysis, Home / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000628:therapy; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis; D014881:Water Supply; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D015032:Zinc