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Lead is known to cause reproductive and developmental toxicity. Decreased sperm counts and abnormal sperm development have been reported in male workers heavily exposed to lead. Increased incidences of spontaneous abortion have been reported in female lead workers as well as in the wives of male lead workers (13). Lead crosses the placenta and has been found to cause irreversible neurologic impairment to the fetus at maternal blood levels as... 

Insulin resistance occurs when the normal response to a given amount of insulin is reduced. Resistance of liver to the effects of insulin results in inadequate suppression of hepatic glucose production insulin resistance of skeletal muscle reduces the amount of glucose taken out of the circulation into skeletal muscle for storage and insulin resistance of adipose tissue results in impaired suppression of lipolysis and increased levels of free fatty acids. Therefore, insulin resistance is associated with a cluster of metabolic abnormalities including elevated blood glucose levels, abnormal blood lipid profile (dyslipidemia), hypertension, and increased expression of inflammatory markers (inflammation). Insulin resistance and this cluster of metabolic abnormalities is strongly associated with obesity, predominantly abdominal (visceral) obesity, and physical inactivity and increased risk for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular and renal disease, as well as some forms of cancer. In addition to obesity, other situations in which insulin resistance occurs includes... 

Bradley JE, Powell AE, Niermann W, et al. 1956. The incidence of abnormal blood levels of lead in a metropolitan pediatric clinic With observation on the value of coproporphyrinuria as a screening test. J Pediatr 49 1-6. 

The fibroblasts do not convert cyanocobalamin or hydroxocobalamin to methylcobalamin or adenosyl-cobalamin, resulting in diminished activity of both N5-methyltetrahydrofolate homocysteine methyltransferase and methylmalonyl-CoA mutase. Supplementation with hydroxocobalamin rectifies the aberrant biochemistry. The precise nature of the underlying defect remains obscure. Diagnosis should be suspected in a child with homocystinuria, methylmalonic aciduria, megaloblastic anemia, hypomethioninemia and normal blood levels of folate and vitamin B12. A definitive diagnosis requires demonstration of these abnormalities in fibroblasts. Prenatal diagnosis is possible. 

The cardiac sensitization test is based on the observation that some halocarbons make the mammalian heart abnormally sensitive to epinephrine, resulting in ectopic beats and/or ventricular fibrillation, which may result in death. Effects are monitored with electrocardiograms (EKG). The dose of administered epinephrine results in blood levels that may be approximately ten times endogenous levels and is close to the threshold for inducing cardiac effects in the absence of the test chemical. 

This situation arises mainly when the blood level of insulin is high - abnormally high for the given condition. Insulin not only stimulates peripheral utilisation but also inhibits glucose output by the liver so that hypoglycaemia can develop rapidly. Four examples are given. 

Anemia occurs when the hemoglobin concentration of blood is reduced below normal levels. This condition may result from chronic blood loss, abnormal hemolysis, or nutritional deficiency. Many therapeutic agents can induce this change in hemoglobin as an unwanted side effect. 

Peak blood levels occur within 15 minutes after smoking. The effects last for approximately 4 hours, although it may take more than 24 hours for an individual to return to a normal state. The drugs are stored in fatty tissue and released slowly. PCP has a long half-life ranging from many hours to days, and the PCP glucuronide metabolite can be found in urine for several days or weeks. PCP is found in breast milk. The half-life of ketamine is three to four hours, and metabolites of ketamine are excreted in urine. PCP and ketamine cross the placental barrier, and infants of chronic abusers have been born with cerebral palsy, facial deformities, and behavioral abnormalities. 

The CRF-overexpressing mice are a genetically engineered strain with more than the normal number of copies of the CRF-encoding gene inserted in their genome. Compared with their wild-type counterpart, these animals show increased anxiety they also have some of the abnormalities seen in hypercortisolemic patients, such as adrenal hypertrophy, marked thymus involution and increased abdominal fat (Beckmann et al.. 2001). They have increased blood levels of cortisol and represent an animal model of hypercortisolemia IStenzel-Poore et al.. 1992. 1994 Holmes, 2001). 

At one time, sustained-release preparations were thought to reduce renal toxicity, but more recent evidence has cast doubt on this assumption ( 313). A patient on long-term maintenance lithium should have renal function monitored periodically (i.e., every 12 months) with a urinalysis, BUN, and creatinine. If abnormal, a more intensive evaluation should include 24-hour urine osmolality and creatinine clearance. It is advisable to reduce maintenance lithium to optimal minimal dose-blood levels and, if possible, to avoid concomitant antipsychotics, which may enhance toxicity. Some data support the use of a once-a-day dose schedule to minimize peak lithium concentrations over a 24-hour period (314). 

Miscellaneous other reactions include hematologic abnormalities, provocation of pyridoxine deficiency anemia, tinnitus, and gastrointestinal discomfort. Isoniazid can reduce the metabolism of phenytoin, increasing its blood level and toxicity. 

Emergency treatment depends on the immediate toxic effects of BZP and TFMPP. High blood pressure, abnormal heart rate or rhythm, seizures or convulsions, fever, and abnormal movements all have specific treatments and may require hospitalization for intravenous medications and general supportive care. Coma or decreased level of consciousness, respiratory depression, difficulty breathing, and severe allergic reaction may require treatment in an intensive care unit and assisted respiration. If a user experiences any untoward effects, or if someone inadvertently takes a much larger dose of medicinal piperazines than prescribed, it is prudent to contact a doctor, emergency medical services, or poison control. 

Dent s classification is the basis of most classifications of abnormal types of amino aciduria. He divides the pathological conditions into three categories (D9) (A) Overflow amino aciduriain which the blood level of the amino acid concerned is definitely raised above normal [example Section 4.2.1.L (a)] (B) Renal amino aciduria, in which case the blood level is either normal or below normal, and yet the urinary excretion is above normal [tubular reabsorption deficiency example Section 4.2.I.I. (e)] (C) No threshold amino aciduria, in which Dent attributes the condition to an extrarenal disturbance of the metabolism of an amino acid with a high blood clearance, and in which, on account of this latter circumstance, the corresponding blood level may stay normal or is hardly increased. 

No respiratory effects were associated with exposure to 2,3,7,8-TCDD-contaminated herbicides in a group of Vietnam Air Force veterans involved in Operation Ranch Hand examined more than 10 years after the war (Wolfe et al. 1985). In the 1987 follow-up (USAF 1991), no association was found between the initial or current serum level of 2,3,7,8-TCDD and incidences of asthma, bronchitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, or tuberculosis abnormal spirometric measurements were often associated with CDD blood levels, but according to the authors (USAF 1991), the differences in the mean level between high- and low-exposure subjects were not clinically important. The authors suggested that these findings may have been related to the association between 2,3,7,8-TCDD and body fat because obesity is known to cause a reduction in vital capacity. 

Chen et al. (2000) gave lithium to rats in their chow, achieving blood levels comparable with human treatment, and found a proliferation of brain cells in the hippocampus. They made the leap to claim that this neurotrophic effect may make lithium of use in long-term treatment of other neuropsychiatric disorders. In other words, stimulating the brain to make abnormal brain cells is likely to be good for a variety of psychiatric disorders. This kind of giant leap, utterly ignoring the obvious toxic effects of lithium, has become common in the literature. 

The tricyclics become toxic at blood levels not much higher than their therapeutic ones. A 10-fold or more increase in concentration of a tricyclic could produce, among other things, a fatal heart arrhythmia, a severe drop in blood pressure, CNS depression, or a grand mal seizure. It could also cause abnormal mental reactions such as confusion, panic, mania, or even depression. 

I (lA and IB) Glucose-6-phosphatase von Gierke s disease Enlarged liver and kidney slowed growth very low blood sugar levels abnormally high levels of acid, fats and uric acid in blood growth failure... 

The incidence of phenylketonuria is about 1 in 20,000 newborns. The disease is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Heterozygotes, who make up about 1.5% of a typical population, appear normal. Carriers of the phenylketonuria gene have a reduced level of phenylalanine hydroxylase, as indicated by an increased level of phenylalanine in the blood. However, this criterion is not absolute, because the blood levels of phenylalanine in carriers and normal people overlap to some extent. The measurement of the kinetics of the disappearance of intravenously administered phenylalanine is a more definitive test for the carrier state. It should be noted that a high blood level of phenylalanine in a pregnant woman can result in abnormal development of the fetus. This is a striking example of maternal-fetal relationships at the molecular level. Table 23.3 lists some other diseases of amino acid metabolism. 

A precise diagnosis. The urine of an infant gives a positive reaction with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine. Mass spectrometry shows abnormally high blood levels of pyruvate, a-ketoglutarate, and the a-ketoacids of valine, isoleucine, and leucine. Identify a likely molecular defect and propose a definitive test of your diagnosis. 

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