Toxic Remedy: A Case of a 3-Year-Old Child With Lead Colic Treated With Lead Monoxide (Greta)

Cabb, Elena E.; Gorospe, Emmanuel C.; Rothweiler, Anne M.; Gerstenberger, Shawn

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“…Mothers opposed but complied the pediatrician's traditional views on childrearing. However, reasons for their compliance to the medically prescribed treatment plans were because of the difficulty in acquiring African Azarcon Child (Cabb, Gorospe, Rothweiler, & Gerstenberger, 2008;CDC, 2002) Teething (Klauber & McClung, 1984) Necklace made of rattle snake vertebrae…”

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Minority mothers' healthcare beliefs, commonly used alternative healthcare practices, and potential complications for infants and children

Hannan

2015

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

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Purpose Complementary and alternative healthcare practices have increased substantially in the United States especially with low‐income ethnic minority mothers. These mothers often have provider mistrust, language barriers, differing health belief systems, and as a result are less likely to seek preventive health screening, access healthcare services, and use alternative remedies for their infants and children that are potentially harmful or lethal. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to examine healthcare beliefs, commonly used alternative healthcare practices, and their potential complications for infants and children. Data sources A search of CINAHL and PubMed (1980–2012) was conducted using the following terms: alternative healthcare practice, mothers’ health beliefs, cultural health beliefs, folk remedies, and infant health practices. Conclusion Given the changing U.S. population and an increasing immigrant population, examining alternative healthcare practices mothers use for their infants and children is especially important for providers in addressing healthcare for this group. Implications for practice The use of alternative healthcare practices is rarely discussed by parents with healthcare providers for fear of disapproval. When interviewing ethnic minority mothers and caregivers questions should include the use of alternative healthcare practices for infants and children and information regarding the potential dangers should be provided to them.

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Minority mothers' healthcare beliefs, commonly used alternative healthcare practices, and potential complications for infants and children

Hannan

2015

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

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“…Lead poisoning due to folk remedies for treating skin problems [ 16 ], abdominal pain [ 17 ], epilepsy [ 18 ], or “strengthening eyes” [ 19 ] have been reported before. However, a nasal spray folk remedy for treating rhinitis as a potential source of lead poisoning has only been reported in a single adult [ 7 ].…”

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Folk prescription for treating rhinitis as a rare cause of childhood lead poisoning: a case series

2018

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BackgroundFolk prescriptions continue to be important sources of childhood lead poisoning. Nasal spray folk prescriptions for treating rhinitis has only been reported once previously as a cause of lead poisoning.Case presentationWe identified three pediatric cases of severe lead poisoning caused by nasal spray folk medicines prescribed for treating rhinitis. The three patients had similar clinical manifestations including: severe abdominal pain, headache, pale appearance and fatigue. Liver function tests were abnormal. Blood lead levels (BLLs) of the three patients were 91 μg/dL, 91 μg/dL, and 105 μg/dL, respectively. After chelation BLLs decreased. The lead content of the three folk remedies as measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) were 14.8, 22.3, and 33.4%. All the symptoms resolved during a course of chelation therapy. There were no severe side effects of treatment.ConclusionsNasal spray folk prescriptions for treating rhinitis may contain extremely high bio-accessible lead content and are potential sources of lead poisoning. Clinicians should be alert to this possibility especially in those children presenting with multisystem symptoms.

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Approach to Foreign Body Ingestion, Food Impaction, and Caustic Injury

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Iyer

2016

GI Endoscopic Emergencies

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Toxic Remedy: A Case of a 3-Year-Old Child With Lead Colic Treated With Lead Monoxide (Greta)

Cited by 9 publications

References 6 publications

Minority mothers' healthcare beliefs, commonly used alternative healthcare practices, and potential complications for infants and children

Minority mothers' healthcare beliefs, commonly used alternative healthcare practices, and potential complications for infants and children

Folk prescription for treating rhinitis as a rare cause of childhood lead poisoning: a case series

Approach to Foreign Body Ingestion, Food Impaction, and Caustic Injury

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