N sea reporter Chen Yanyan
Recently, small military of 6 years old of boys (alias) took Chinese herbal medicine one week, limb tic, mind is not clear, by fish acute lead poisoning.
According to statistic, children lead absorptivity is as high as 42%~53% , it is adult about 5 times, and the ability that discharge lead has adult only 30% . To this, hospital of children of Fujian Province Fuzhou weighs Lindongru of director of disease medicine division to remind, do not abuse Chinese herbal medicine to cheeper, the parent discovers children doubt is like lead to exceed bid, should detect in time to the hospital hematic lead.
With " secret recipe " treat hernia 6 years old child is abrupt limb is convulsiveLast week, when Xiaowu is sent Fuzhou children hospital, already bellyacke 10 days. Be admitted to hospital that evening, he is abrupt limb tic, mind is not clear, the doctor is urgent rescue, he ability delay crosses interest to come. Family says, colic of small recently military has a relapse, take him to arrive clinic, the doctor opened a secret recipe, treat hernia allegedly very effective. Xiaowu ate 7 days, collywobbles is gotten fierce.
Director Lin Dongru looked " secret recipe " , have inside discovery blindly Chinese herbal medicine -- litharge, this is a kind of mineral medicine, the part that contains lead is very tall. He concludes, xiaowu may be acute lead poisoning, as expected, relevant examination shows, hematic lead content of Xiaowu is as high as 764 microgramme / litre (children is in normally 100 microgramme / litre the following) . After doing lead of 3 days of drive to treat, small Wu Mingxian improves.
Director Lin Dongru warns the parent, a few Chinese traditional medicine may contain unidentified composition, heavy metal part, have certain poisonous side effect, cheeper should avoid to use as far as possible; If must be used, should notice cannot long with, abuse and excessive are used, before using drug, the doctor in should be being asked is directive, when using drug, answer to observe closely, once discover a problem, answer to see a doctor in time.
Lead exceeds parent of grow in quantity of mark little patient to should take seriouslyConsider to confirm, lead poisoning can is opposite the nerve of children, digest, the systemic much system such as blood, immunity, endocrine and grow development causes serious effect, can bring about obstacle of children intelligence development to neurological damage especially. In recent years, the children that lead exceeds bid is not little. Last year, sampling observation of courtyard of health care of province women and children 2600 many children, content of the lead in discovering the child blood of 17% exceeds bid. Director Lin points out, children lead exceeds bid, it is lead mostly tall expose, a lot of parents did not take seriously, the children that undertakes hematic lead detects is not much.
He emphasizes, unqualified chromatic toy, stationery, plumbic content is higher, if do not have diligent wash one's hands, very easy suck enters lead, especially hollow when, the absorptivity that lead in bowel is likely twice increases. And in the children that spends above lead poisoning, have clear plumbic source mostly, basically come from accumulator factory, plastic plant, presswork the industrial pollution such as factory, gas station. So, the parent is when toy of children of choose and buy, tableware, should shun chromatic design and false and inferior product; Eat less contain the food with faster lead, be like potato, leather egg, popcorn; Pregnant woman and children avoid passive smoking as far as possible; A few old old villages still are using the metallic pipe that contains lead, when early morning uses tap water, should open faucet 3~5 minute, the water dropt of plumbic pollution suffers before one late deposit mediumly, possibly in conduit.
