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What would happen to someone with wilson's disease if they accidentally ate pennies or some copper jewelry. would they die?

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Won't be fatal: Today's pennies are made mostly of zinc. Copper from jewelry won't be absorbed fast enough. If a person's diagnosed with Wilson's, they're under treatment. It's the steady daily accumulation of copper while the illness is unrecognized that causes the brain damage, ruins the liver and so forth.

Answered 1/9/2015

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