A young couple with a 3-year-old child brings their daughter to a healthcare facility with complaints that the child is hyperactive, complains of abdominal pain, and has intermittent vomiting
The couple also states that they were fixing up an older home and scraping paint off the banisters when they caught their daughter eating the paint chips. Which of the following diseases would the nurse expect based on this information? A) Autism
B) Plumbism
C) ADHD
D) Cerebral palsy
B
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These are signs and symptoms of plumbism or lead poisoning. One of the most common causes of lead poisoning in children is the ingestion of leaded paint chips. A 1978 federal law prohibiting the use of lead in paints has reduced the number of lead poisoning cases. Individuals living in older homes, usually in inner cities, remain at risk.
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