Patient's question:
Patient Age: Three and a half years oldCondition Description: Often bites fingernails, no other symptoms.
History of Treatment and Effectiveness: No treatment has been administered.
Help Desired: Provide treatment methods and medications.
Doctor's answer:
Children are highly sensitive to lead. Adults only show poisoning symptoms when blood lead levels reach 80–100 μg/100 ml, whereas children may exhibit symptoms at just 50–60 μg/100 ml.Lead poisoning in children can affect their intelligence, including speech abilities, memory, and attention. It may also impact their height or lead to mild anemia, as well as cause ADHD.
It is recommended to have follow-up checks every three months. At the same time, pay attention to the following:
- Eat less lead-containing foods (such as dry rice cakes, roasted potato chips, etc.).
- Avoid contact with lead-containing items and stay away from lead-polluted areas.
- Consume more foods rich in vitamin C, calcium, iron (such as fish, meat, eggs, blood, liver, black fungus), zinc (meat, seafood), and pectin-containing foods (such as oranges, carrots, apples, bananas).
For Level V, please go to a pediatric hospital for lead removal treatment, which involves medication to expel lead.