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'''Effects & Symptoms'''<br /> | |||
When the human body absorbs cadmium in quantities greater than ten milligrams, the effects are never good, and if exposed over a long period of time, cadmium exposure can be fatal. When absorbed, cadmium causes damage to the kidneys, cardiac tissue, bones and is thought to possibly be a cause of cancer. Symptoms of cadmium poisoning can include choking, loss of the sense of smell, vomiting, salivation, joint pain, an increased loss of small proteins in the urine, a metallic taste and some other symptoms.<ref name=toxipedia>[http://toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/Cadmium+(Cd)Toxicity] Unknown author, Toxipedia, Accessed November 11-19th, 2010.</ref> | |||
'''Treatment'''<br /> | |||
'''Treatment''' | Cadmium poisoning is irreversible. The cadmium stays in the body system for an extremely long time, and is eventually slowly excreted along with metallothionein. Hemodialysis has been shown to be a somewhat effective method to get rid of cadmium that has not yet been absorbed from the bloodstream, and sometimes EDTA chelation can help speed up the procedure.<ref name=toxipedia/> | ||
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