A Case of Acute Lead Toxicity Associated with Siddha Medication
Sandheep Janardhanan, Allwin James, Alagammai Palaniappan, Ramesh Ardhanari
International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · pp. 13–16 · Published 3 Aug 2021
10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i1130493Abstract
Siddha is an indigenous system of medicine practiced exclusively in South India.Some of these formulations have been postulated to cause heavy metal poisoning,like lead toxicity. Here we present a case of Siddha medicine induced lead toxicity causing intractable chronic abdominal pain.
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