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Yui Mizuno (水野 由結, Mizuno Yui, born June 20, 1999), [1] formerly known by her stage name Yuimetal, is a Japanese musician, singer, and dancer. She is a former member of the kawaii metal group Babymetal and the idol group Sakura Gakuin. In October 2018, she left Babymetal due to an undisclosed illness. She is managed by the Amuse, Inc ...
Lead poisoning, also known as plumbism and saturnism, is a type of metal poisoning caused by lead in the body. [2] Symptoms may include abdominal pain, constipation, headaches, irritability, memory problems, infertility, and tingling in the hands and feet. [1]
Cadmium is a metal byproduct of mining that is toxic to most organisms. Animal studies have shown that cadmium poisoning alone is not enough to elicit all of the symptoms of itai-itai disease. [ 7 ] These studies point to damage of the mitochondria of kidney cells by cadmium as a key factor of the disease.
The health department can also conduct a home inspection and order repairs of lead conditions, but that typically happens when a doctor’s blood test result reveals a child has a lead level that’s more than two or three times the CDC threshold.
This article provides a list of autoimmune diseases. These conditions, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells, affect a range of organs and systems within the body. Each disorder is listed with the primary organ or body part that it affects and the associated autoantibodies that are typically found in people diagnosed ...
Metal toxicity or metal poisoning is the toxic effect of certain metals in certain forms and doses on life. Some metals are toxic when they form poisonous soluble compounds. Certain metals have no biological role, i.e. are not essential minerals, or are toxic when in a certain form. [ 1 ]
A 2009 study of patients with heart disease symptoms found 31.3 per cent of middle-aged women “received a mental health condition as the most certain diagnosis”, compared to just 15.6 per cent ...
After an extensive investigation, the Minamata disease was identified as a heavy metal poisoning, specifically methylmercury poisoning, transmitted by the ingestion of contaminated fish from Minamata Bay. [6] The methylmercury inside the contaminated fish attacked the affected patient's central nervous system, which caused a variety of symptoms.