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Medical Forum / General / General / August 2005LEAD POISIONING
For the last 3 months i have been having headaches everyday, feeling mentally slow and really spaced out. I have had a MRI and a neurological exam with everything looking normal except on this bit of paper i have the neurologist wrote : There is minor decent of rounded cerebellar tonsils into the upper cervical canal, for approximately 4mm...... I haven't had blood tests yet but i plan to. Early 2004 i was rennovating a house everday for 3 weeks, everyday i was removing old lead based paint (red lead) unaware of anydanger.... i had no mask and was breathing in loads of this leadbased paint dust everyday for 3 weeks. I was only 15 at the time, im 16 now.... at the time i suffered no symptoms except a weird taste in my mouth. Im assuming its unlikely that this could of done something but its worth asking i guess. Any help appreciated. >There is minor decent of rounded cerebellar tonsils into the upper >cervical canal, for approximately 4mm...... I haven't had blood tests yet but >i plan to. The descent of the cerebellar tonsils may not have any clinical significance, but you should have a consultation with a neurosurgeon just to make sure (there is a condition called "Chiari malformation" which has this characteristic, but nothing needs to be done about it except in very specific circumstances). If there is any question of lead poisoning (it sounds like the exposure was too long ago), blood tests would be helpful. Lead analysis of hair and nail tissue may also be helpful if the blood tests are not revealing. Best, Bob Robert A. Fink, M. D. Neurological Surgery 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, CA 94704-2636 USA 510-849-2555 ********************************** NOTE: The material above is not "medical advice". Medical advice can only be given after an in-person contact between doctor and patient. ********************************** |
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