The main toxic effects of lead are on the brain and nervous system. In adults, high levels of lead can cause headaches and problems with mood, thinking, and memory. It may also damage peripheral nerves, which can cause tremors or weakness in fingers, wrists, or ankles.
Symptoms. Acute Myeloid Leukemia, or AML, is a rapidly progressing disease specific to elderly people. AML attacks the DNA of red blood cells while they are forming in the bone marrow.The body is then unable to produce enough red blood cells and platelets to sustain life. Early symptoms of AML are also symptoms of aging.Early symptoms include lethargy, bruising easily and shortness of breath.ML attacks the DNA of red blood cells while they are forming in the bone marrow. The body is then unable to produce enough red blood cells and platelets to sustain life. Early symptoms of AML are also symptoms of aging. Early symptoms include lethargy, bruising easily and shortness of breath.
Acute leukemia is characterized by fatigue, headache, sore throat, and dyspnea, followed by symptoms of acute tonsillitis, stomatitis, bleeding from the mucous membranes of the mouth, alimentary canal, and rectum, and pain in the bones and joints. There eventually is enlargement of the lymph nodes, liver, and spleen. Common to all leukemias are the tendency to bleed and the resultant anemia and increased susceptibility to infection. The diagnosis of leukemia requires confirmation of leukemic cells in the bone marrow by bone marrow biopsy and aspiration.