Creemers L, Van den Driessche M, Moens M, Van Olmen A, Verschaeren J, T'Syen M, Desmet K, Moerman J
Klinisch Laboratorium, Imeldaziekenhuis, Imeldalaan 9, 2820 Bonheiden, Belgium.
Acta Clin Belg. 2008 Jan-Feb;63(1):42-5. doi: 10.1179/acb.2008.007.
We report two cases of Belgian women diagnose with a lead poisoning. Both patients presented with abdominal pain and a normochromic normocytic anaemia. The diagnosis was based on the clinical symptoms, the anaemia, the basophilic stippling of erythrocytes and the elevated blood lead level Upon further questioning, both patients reported the use of Ayurvedic medications. Toxicological analysis of the different pills revealed that, in both, the same orange-red pills contained a remarkably high amount of lead. Cases of lead poisoning associated with the use ofAyurvedic formulations are emerging around the world. However, to our knowledge, these are the first reported cases in Belgium.
我们报告了两例被诊断为铅中毒的比利时女性病例。两名患者均表现出腹痛和正色素正细胞性贫血。诊断基于临床症状、贫血、红细胞嗜碱性点彩以及血铅水平升高。进一步询问后,两名患者均报告使用过阿育吠陀药物。对不同药丸的毒理学分析显示,两人的同一种橙红色药丸中铅含量极高。世界各地都出现了与使用阿育吠陀制剂相关的铅中毒病例。然而,据我们所知,这些是比利时首次报告的此类病例。