Mum warns others to check their bathtubs after her son suffers from lead poisoning
A MUM has warned others to check their bathtubs after she discovered that hers had caused her son’s lead poisoning.
The anonymous woman’s four-year-old was became increasingly emotional and suffered from sleeplessness but she initially put it down to his recently diagnosed autism.
However, as his conditioned worsened his doctor insisted that he have a few tests to better understand it.
His parents were shocked when the test results showed a high lead toxicity in their son.
Speaking to she said: "If the lead has been the cause of this all along, I'm overjoyed to think that life could become much more relaxed in the future!"
Determined to find the culprit of the lead poisoning she purchased a test kit to look for lead within her own home.
And just one swap of the bath saw the dye react and immediately turn red indicating a large amount of lead in the tub.
She continued: “";I have been bathing him daily in the bath his whole life. I also have a 13-month-old son, whom would have been exposed for the past year as well.
"The bathroom is original to the house and built around 1954-1956. The home is owned by my parents, and I also grew up in it, so would have also used the bath as a child.
SYMPTOMS OF LEAD POISONING
Symptoms of lead poisoning in children include:
- Developmental delay
- Learning difficulties
- Irritability
- Loss of appetite
- Weight loss
- Sluggishness and fatigue
- Abdominal pain
- Vomiting
- Constipation
- Hearing loss
- Seizures
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"My focus was to find and eliminate the source of the lead exposure, as treatment can’t commence while exposure is present."
The family are now focusing on removing the lead from the boy’s system but are keen to warn other parents about the risk.
She says that the symptoms associated with the lead poisoning were easily dismissed as part of his autism or typical childhood behaviour.
She has since had several other parents contacting her admitting that they had experienced the same.
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Lead in baths comes from cast iron or steel tubs coated in a porcelain glaze, as when the glaze wears down the lead is released into the water.
Children who swallow the bath water are most at risk of lead exposure.
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