What to do if you get lead poisoning

Pencils are something that many children use, especially when they are young. When children use pencils, parents must be careful not to let their children eat the lead in the pencils. This will have a great impact on the children's body. Lead is also toxic. If children accidentally eat it, they will be poisoned. So what should we do if they are poisoned by lead? Many people don't understand this.

What should we do about lead poisoning? There are some solutions. When children have such problems, we must be careful not to treat them casually and send them to the hospital immediately. In addition, we must also prevent lead poisoning in normal times.

What to do if you have lead poisoning:

1. Wash your hands frequently and don’t suck your fingers. According to statistics, 80%-90% of the lead in children’s bodies is ingested through the digestive tract. Therefore, we must help children wash their hands frequently and not suck their fingers to minimize the "lead intake" caused by this normal behavior.

2. Eat less or no high-lead foods such as preserved eggs, popcorn, and low-quality canned drinks and foods. Do not drink the first section of tap water left overnight. Turn on the tap water in the early morning and let it sit for 1-5 minutes, as this section of water contains a higher level of lead.

3. Eat more foods containing calcium, iron and zinc. In the intestines, calcium, iron, zinc and lead enter the human body through the same carrier protein, so there is a mutual competition mechanism. Soy products, meat, eggs and animal liver are rich in calcium, iron and zinc.

4. Avoid contact contamination. When packaging food in food bags, prevent the words, pictures, and trademarks on them from coming into direct contact with the food. If your home walls are decorated with paint or your children's toys are painted, be careful to prevent them from ingesting paint chips because glazes and paints often contain large amounts of lead.

5. To block lead dust pollution, residents living near the road or industrial areas should frequently wipe the dust off the surface of tables and chairs with a damp cloth. Do not expose food to the environment for a long time. Do not let children play or stay on the roadside for long periods of time.

Through the above introduction, we have some understanding of what to do about lead poisoning. After a child has experienced such an incident, the child needs to be well protected in all aspects to prevent the child from encountering this problem again. All aspects of the child's body are well protected, which is conducive to the healthy growth of the child.