title: Herbal medicine-associated lead intoxication.
abstract: A female patient visited our hospital with abdominal pain and anemia. Examination for a gastrointestinal disease gave no diagnostic information. Laboratory studies of the parameters of heme biosynthesis revealed an enzymatic inhibition by lead. The diagnosis of lead poisoning was confirmed by detection of an elevated blood lead level. Excessive lead ingestion was thought to be caused by herbal medicines and/or by an earthen teapot.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwakiri
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gomi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katsumata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wakabayashi
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D003296:Cooking; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D008517:Phytotherapy
chemical_list: D007854:Lead