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Zinc Poisoning - Symptoms, Causes, Treatments
- Source :
- Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry. 20:1489-1498
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., 2020.
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Abstract
- Zinc poisoning has been reported from many parts of the world. It is one of the global health problems that affect many organs, if exposed by inhalation of zinc vapors or by consumption of contaminated food and water. Long term exposure to zinc compounds from different sources such as air, water, soil, and food, lead to toxic effects on body systems, especially digestive, respiratory, and nerve systems, and also causes cancer. Zinc levels can be determined in blood, urine, hair, and nails. Patients with zinc toxicity need chelating agents, other pharmacological treatment, protective lung ventilation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and supportive care.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_treatment
Zinc poisoning
Physiology
chemistry.chemical_element
Apoptosis
Urine
Zinc
medicine.disease_cause
03 medical and health sciences
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
0302 clinical medicine
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Drug Discovery
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
medicine
Humans
Respiratory system
Chelating Agents
030304 developmental biology
Pharmacology
0303 health sciences
Inhalation
business.industry
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
General Medicine
Heavy Metal Poisoning
chemistry
Toxicity
Zinc toxicity
Reactive Oxygen Species
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13895575
- Volume :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....51ea68d52a710ea8eaf4364ff2550ec4