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Name the symptoms of heavy metal toxicity ?


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Heavy metal poisoning:-

  1. Heavy metal poisoning occurs when the body’s tissues absorb the excess amount of a particular metal.
  2. Heavy metals, like arsenic, lead, mercury, and others are all around us. They’re in the ground we walk on, in the water we drink and in the products we use every day.
  3. Excessive use of these metals makes us sick and affects the way our body works.

Symptoms of heavy metal toxicity includes:-

  1. Most common symptom is diarrhea.
  2. Nausea
  3. Abdominal pain
  4. Vomiting
  5. Shortness of breath
  6. Weakness
  7. Tingling in hands and feet

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