Lead poisoning in an electrician: a bad substitute for a bad habit.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
An electrician presented with a four-month history of unexplained abdominal pain and constipation, which had prompted four hospital admissions and numerous investigations. Blood-film results suggested lead poisoning, and an occupational history revealed that he had chewed about a metre of electrical cable (which contains lead) daily for 10 years as a substitute for smoking.