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ANNALS OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
Volume 25, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
KAMJE PRESS, XMLINK, CO
DOI: 10.1186/2052-4374-25-37
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Lead poisoning; Talisman; Cinnabar; Acute hepatitis
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Background: Lead is a metal that has no biological function useful for the human body. In Korea, non-occupational exposure to lead has mostly occurred through taking oriental medicine. However, in this paper we report a case of lead poisoning caused by ingesting talisman material. Case presentation: A 16-year-old male patient complained of severe abdominal pain after taking cinnabar, a talisman material. He was diagnosed with lead poisoning accompanied by acute hepatitis. We confirmed that the cinnabar the patient took contained about 10% elemental lead. After symptom management, the patients' symptoms, liver function test results, and blood lead concentration level improved. Conclusion: Lead poisoning can be accompanied by hepatitis, although rarely. As we have confirmed that cinnabar as a talisman material is harmful to the human body, measures to prevent its misuse are needed.
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