Lead is known to cause a number of health problems. I began to think about all the places that I have lived during my lifetime to see if I may have been exposed. Then again we never know right?
Children are affected by lead exposure more highly than adults. It is unfortunate. It is because they are still in their development stages and anything that gets exposed to their bodies that is toxic will remain till adulthood. Lead is a metal that just doesn't leave the system. Children usually suffer neurological symptoms but it is important to know that lead poisoning from childhood to adulthood will can have health effects such as renal effects, hypertension (ADHD), and reproductive problems and other health conditions. The nervous system is the main target that can become affected with lead toxicity. These symptoms go from headaches, irritability to attention span.
Lead poisoning can also have cardiovascular effects. The consequences from this is hypertension and heart diseases. The reproductive system can also be affected in men and women. Women who want to become pregnant are at risk and must take precaution if they feel they are being exposed. Men can have abnormal sperm count and uneven testosterone levels for example. Women are more to miscarriage, infertility and pre-eclampsia. Other health conditions that can occur are kidney disease and anemia.
Works Cited:
1. Flora, Gagan, Deepesh Gupta, and Archana, Tiwari. "Toxicity of lead: A review with recent " Interdiscip Toxicol 5.2: 47-58.
2. Amol, Kadu S., Et al. "Lead Poisoning:An Overlooked diagnosis in clinical practice." International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy. 3.5 (2012): 639-44.
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