Case report: potential arsenic toxicosis secondary to herbal kelp supplement.(Environmental Medicine)(Case study)

From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: April 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

CONTEXT: Medicinal use of dietary herbal supplements can cause inadvertent arsenic toxicosis.

CASE PRESENTATION: A 54-year-old woman was referred to the University of California, Davis, Occupational Medicine Clinic with a 2-year history of worsening alopecia and memory loss. She also reported having a rash, increasing fatigue, nausea, and vomiting, disabling her to the point where she could no longer work full-time. A thorough exposure history revealed that she took daily kelp supplements. A urine sample showed an arsenic level of 83.6 [micro]g/g creatinine (normal

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