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What symptoms/damage/long term affect would exposure of a larger degree of lead as a child have on me as an adult ?

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None: Especially if treated. It causes GI effects irritability and you would have had learning difficulties . Now do you still have high lead levels? If so it should still be treated

Answered 6/10/2014

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Too many : Headache, abdomen pain, kidney failure, memory loss, poor academic performance etc. The list is too long. Lead affects most organs of the body.

Dr Diamond agreed

Answered 9/16/2013

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