Saudi Med J. 2002 May; 23(5): 591-3.

Adult lead poisoning from a herbal medicine.

Ibrahim AS, Latif AH.

Department of Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. salam145@hotmail.com

A 56-year-old Indian lady presented with one week history of abdominal pain, jaundice and chronic polyarthralgia. She had evidence of hemolytic anemia and hepatitis. Her blood lead level was high and a peripheral blood film showed dense basophilic stippling. It is believed that the lead toxicity was due to the use of Indian herbal medicine.