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In thallium poisoning this analysis will show a tapered anagen hair with black pigmentation at the base (anagen effluvium). This is pathognomonic for thallium toxicity. [ 12 ] Other ways of testing thallium levels include CBC blood tests, liver function tests, blood urea nitrogen, calcium, or electrolytes.
Prussian blue, also known as potassium ferric hexacyanoferrate, is used as a medication to treat thallium poisoning or radioactive caesium poisoning. [1] [2] For thallium it may be used in addition to gastric lavage, activated charcoal, forced diuresis, and hemodialysis. [3] [4] It is given by mouth or nasogastric tube.
Thallium and its compounds are extremely toxic, with numerous recorded cases of fatal thallium poisoning. [69] [70] The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has set the legal limit (permissible exposure limit) for thallium exposure in the workplace as 0.1 mg/m 2 skin exposure over an eight-hour workday.
Thalidomide, sold under the brand names Contergan and Thalomid among others, is an oral medication used to treat a number of cancers (e.g., multiple myeloma), graft-versus-host disease, and many skin disorders (e.g., complications of leprosy such as skin lesions).
Dimercaprol has long been the mainstay of chelation therapy for lead or arsenic poisoning, [7] and it is an essential drug. [6] It is also used as an antidote to the chemical weapon Lewisite . Nonetheless, because it can have serious adverse effects , researchers have also pursued development of less toxic analogues, [ 7 ] such as succimer .
PUMCH concluded in their paper titled "Clinical Analysis of Five Cases of Thallium Poisoning" that after treatment, "clinical symptoms and signs improved significantly, but due to the prolonged course of the disease, there were sequelae such as optic nerve atrophy, paralysis of both lower limbs, muscle atrophy, and intellectual impairment".
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Pulmonary drug delivery is mainly utilized for topical applications in the lungs, such as the use of inhaled beta-agonists, corticosteroids and anticholinergic agents for the treatment of asthma and COPD, the use of inhaled mucolytics and antibiotics for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CT) and respiratory viral infections, [1] and the use of inhaled prostacyclin analogs for the treatment of ...