Copper
Copper Deficiency
- Sideroblastic Anemia (see Anemia, [[Anemia]])
Copper Exposure
- Epidemiology
- Copper sulphate (CuSO4) is used for whitewashing, agriculture, and in the leather industry in India
- Toxic in even vvery small quantities
- Clinical
- Hemolytic Anemia (see Hemolytic Anemia, [[Hemolytic Anemia]]): due to chemical injury to RBC
- Methemoglobinemia
- Renal failure
- Hepatotoxicity
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Death
Copper Dust or Fume Inhalation
- Acute Lung Injury-ARDS (see Acute Lung Injury-ARDS, [[Acute Lung Injury-ARDS]])
- Epidemiology: case report associated with copper dust inhalation
- Metal Fume Fever (see Metal Fume Fever, [[Metal Fume Fever]])
- Epidemiology: limited evidence that copper fume inhalation may cause metal fume fever
References
- Copper-Induced Acute Hemolytic Anemia: A New Complication of Hemodialysis. September 1, 1970 vol. 73 no. 3 409-412
- Copper sulphate induced hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia. The Internet Journal of Hematology. 2009 Volume 5 Number 2