Lead and arsenic intoxications by traditional and alternative medicine: men are more sensitive than women.

ABSTRACT: Traditional and alternative medicines are widely used around the world and include for example herbal medicine, Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, and indigenous therapies. Due to the long history and the mostly natural origin of traditional remedies, it is often assumed that they are harmless, but in recent decades more and more case reports have been published in which traditional medicine has caused metal poisoning. This paper provides an analysis of published cases in which patients have suffered metal poisoning due to traditional or alternative medicines. A systematic literature search was performed on PubMed, whereby 210 patient cases from a total of 102 case reports and 30 case series were identified and then analyzed about various aspects. Most of the traditional medicines inv

SUBMITTER: Gerke L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11787186 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature