1. In this case lead poisoning form the factory walls 2. The risk factors in this case study are where the people lived and the financial circumstances they faced. 3. Lead is not a toxin. 4. None of the people in this story exhibit an idiopathic lead poisoning because the cause for every case of lead poisoning is known 5. Yes a syndrome is a collection of signs, symptoms, and degenerative processes that occur together in a particular disease. In this case the children show symptoms of joint pain, excessive salivating, seizures, and personality changes all around the same time. 6. In this case the histopathology became relevant when test were taken of patients blood and urine. 7. Morbidity: insufficient information. In this case there are certainly a high number of children who had lead poisoning however I assume it would depend on the population of the area there could be a lot more people than we think there was.
Mortality: insufficient information. In this case death of any child ,due the lead poisoning, was neither mentioned or studied thus I must conclude that the mortality was low.
Prevalence: Yes. The case it self’s says that the Prevalence of lead poisoning is high. Of the 112 children examined during the course of the study, over 70 show at least some signs and symptoms.
Incidence: Yes. In this case the physician noticed an unusually large number of children brought to the clinic experiencing the same symptoms over a period of time, and until the environmental protection agency demolishes the old factory and decontaminates the soil it is likely more children will still be contracting lead poisoning. 8. Yes this is an epidemic there is a higher than normal incidence of lead poisoning in this area and around the same time. This is not an infectious disease because it cannot be transmitted from one person to another. 9. Sign: Symptom: Salivation Joint Pain Personality Change Difficulty walking Red blood cell count Urine Test 10. As a CNA I deal with people on a daily basis who refuse care. I am constantly faced with the fact that residents have the right to refuse care and have their own free will. However if they have not showered for weeks I worry that if I do not talk them in to taking a shower it will be considered neglect, So instead I ask them several times a day and I lay their clean clothes out for them to encourage a shower. If I was the physician in this situation I would encourage her to first of all stop the habit and inform her of how unhealthy it is for her. I would also suggest that she chew gum or eat sunflower seeds instead.