Cerebral Edema Secondary to Heavy Metal Toxicity From

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• fve times the upper limit of normal (Table 1).
• painful distal paresthesia in the lower limbs, which she said had to 582 μg/L after another 4 weeks despite the patient having no
• by symptomatic postural hypotension. improved to 367 μg/L three weeks post-chelation. An MRI scan of
• TABLE 1 | Results of blood tests for metals. raise awareness among physicians so that metal toxicity can be
• Copper 1063 μg/L (734–1714) metals at the same time, hence causing a mixed toxidrome. While
• Arsenic 5.6 μg/L (< 31)
• Cadmium < 1.0 μg/L (< 2.7) blood samples dispatched 33 days after her last exposure to the
• Mercury 5.6 μg/L (< 22) culprit Siddha medicine capsules. Arsenic and mercury were not
• diagnosis. Table 3 shows the typical sources, symptoms, and
• TABLE 2 | Results of metal analysis of Siddha medicine capsules by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.
• TABLE 3 | Typical sources, symptoms, and signs of toxicity of arsenic, mercury, and lead.
• TABLE 3 | (Continued)
• TABLE 3 | (Continued)
• TABLE 4 | Clinical manifestations of our patient and their possible culprit causes.
• 2. A. Lodha and A. Bagga, “Traditional Indian Systems of Medicine,”
• Supplemental information 1: Table of unyielding blood and cerebrospinal

Methods (brief)

• samples were drawn on Day 33 of her second admission for
• Cadmium < 1.0 μg/L (< 2.7) blood samples dispatched 33 days after her last exposure to the
• TABLE 2 | Results of metal analysis of Siddha medicine capsules by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.
• 2. A. Lodha and A. Bagga, “Traditional Indian Systems of Medicine,”
• porarily after completion of chelation therapy due to mobiliza- 5. K. S. Gunturu, P. Nagarajan, P. McPhedran, T. R. Goodman,
• 15. C. Sapna, S. Ragavi, S. Balamani, and S. Sulfn Nihar, “ICP-OES
• 35. R. H. Goldman, R. White, S. N. Kales, and H. Hu, “Lead Poisoning

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• Fish — marine, non-predatory (sardines, anchovies, salmon, cod)
• Shellfish (shrimp, crab, lobster, clams, oysters, mussels)
• Mercury
• Mercury
• Cadmium
• Lead
• Arsenic

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