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Monday, October 6, 2014

Lead poisoning (chronic): features Mnemonic

ABCDEFGHI:

Anaemia/ Anorexia/ Arthralgia/ Abortion/ Atrophy of optic nerve
Basophilic stippling of RBC (punctate basophilia)/ Burtonian line on gums
Colic/ Constipation/ Coprophyrin excess in urine/ Cerebraloedema
Drop (wrist, foot)
Encephalopathy/ Emaciation
Foul smell of breath/ Failure of kidneys/ Fanconi syndrome
Gonadal dysfunction/ Gout-like picture
High BP/ Headache/ Hallucination/ Hyperaesthesia
Impotence/ Insomnia/ Irritability

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